: Not as short as Napoleon. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 15:48, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
: Not as short as Napoleon. --[[User:Joaquín Martínez|Joaquín Martínez]] 15:48, 7 September 2009 (EDT)
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:::American [[republicanism]] was profoundly hostile to aristocracy, tyranny, corruption and luxury. The English & French kings embodied that for Americans, as did Russian czar & German/Prussian Kaiser, & emperor Hirohito. At one point (1894) President Cleveland wanted to put a tyrant back on the throne of Hawaii--and overthrow the Republic of Hawaii by force--but American public opinion was strongly opposed.[[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 18:18, 7 September 2009 (EDT)