A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Soldiers! Here is the battle you have so long desired! Henceforth victory depends on you; we have need of it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man -… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the… — 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
In these days the invention of printing, and the diffusion of knowledge, render historical calumnies a little less dangerous: truth will always… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior… — 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