The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The hand that gives is among the hand that takes. Money has no fatherland, financiers are without patriotism and without decency, their… — 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
