Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight… — 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
Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances;… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In a great nation, the majority are incapable of judging wisely of things. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government. — 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
To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events,… — 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
