Power Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Passions change, politics are immutable.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Power is founded upon opinion.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no strength without justice.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“My kingdom has fallen because I had built it with power,but the kingdom of Jesus Christ will last forever because it was…

— Napoléon Bonaparte

If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Each state claims the right to control interests foreign to itself when those interests are such that it can control them without…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To negotiate is not to do as one likes.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Speeches pass away, but acts remain.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Lack is more in means, than in principles.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no power without justice.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Since the discovery of printing, knowledge has been called to power, and power has been used to make knowledge a slave.

— Napoleon Bonaparte