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Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
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- Napoleon Bonaparte
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- Approximate author period: c. 1789 AD · early modern
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Napoleon Bonaparte: documented activity in 1789. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q517 (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is napoleon-bonaparte; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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