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Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of state.

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If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

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Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

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Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.

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We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.

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Born: September 9, 1585
Died: December 4, 1642 (aged 57)
Bio: Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duke of Richelieu and of Fronsac, commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu, was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman. He was consecrated as a bishop in 1607 and was appointed Foreign Secretary in 1616.

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