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
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die? — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like… — 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
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — 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, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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 Image