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Joseph Fouché Quotes

1759–1820 France

Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante (May 21, 1759 – December 25, 1820) was a French statesman and Minister of Police under Napoleon Bonaparte. In English texts his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto.

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Also known as: Fouche, Joseph, Fouché, Joseph, Joseph Fouche

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It is worse than a crime, it is a blunder.

"It is more than a crime; it is a political fault," —words which I record, because they have been repeated and attributed to others.

Terror, salutary terror, is here in truth the order of the day; it represses all the efforts of the wicked ; it divests crime of all covering and tinsel!

Death is an eternal sleep.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Fouché (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.