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Notable quotes

“If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte, as quoted in Istanbul, by Thomas F. Madden. Editor Hachette US, 2014. 9780143129691, as quoted in
“Whoever possesses Constantinople ought to rule the world.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte, 1916, Napoleon In His Own Words (Napoleon Bonaparte), Original work in French by Jules Bertaut, Translated from French by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, Quote Page 145.
“Istanbul, a universal beauty where poet and archeologist, diplomat and merchant, princess and sailor, northerner and westerner screams with same admiration. The whole world thinks that this city is the most beautiful place on earth.”
— Edmondo De Amicis, Constantinople

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