One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take… — 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
What I have done up to this is nothing. I am only at the beginning of the course I must run. Do… — 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
