During the negotiations with the holy father [the pope], [Napoleon] Bonaparte one day observed to Bourrienne—“In every country religion is useful to the government, and those who govern ought to avail themselves of it to influence mankind. I was Mohammedan in Egypt; I am a Catholic in France. With relation to the police of the religion of a state it should be entirely in the hands of the sovereign.
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Author: Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Keywords: State religion, mark of the beast, number of the beast, 666, Napoleon, Napoleon Bonaparte
Bible reference(s): Revelation 13
Source: Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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