In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Posterity will talk of Washington as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I know men; and I tell you that Jesus Christ is not a man. Superficial minds see a resemblance between Christ and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
