One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Give me an educated mother, I shall promise you the birth of a civilized, educated nation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent... — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an… — 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
In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts. — 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
There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors… — 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
