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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 744 |
| AUTHOR: | Napoleon I (1769–1821) |
| QUOTATION: | The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. (Ne pas laisser vieillir les hommes doit être le grand art du gouvernement.) |
| ATTRIBUTION: | NAPOLEON, letter to Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, August 9, 1796.—Correspondance de Napoléon Ier, vol. 1, p. 532 (1858). |
| SUBJECTS: | Government |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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