Histoire de Consulat et de l'Empire, Vol. XX (1862), pp. 795-796, quoted in Robert Gildea, The Past in French History (1994; 1996), p. 98
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You should never hand over a country to one man, whoever the man, whatever the circumstances.
— Adolphe Thiers
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About Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic.
About Adolphe Thiers
Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers (15 April 17973 September 1877) was a French statesman and historian. He was the second elected President of France and first President of the French Third Republic.
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