"Let Pitt then boast of his victory to his nation of shopkeepers—(Nation Boutiquiere)."
— England

January 1, 1970

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Bertrand Barère, speech in the National Convention (16 June 1794). Attributed to Napoleon, Scott's Life of Napoleon. Claimed as a saying of Francis II to Napoleon, quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 222-25