You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Be successful! I judge men only by the results of their actions. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a man is a favorite of Fortune she never takes him unawares, and, however astonishing her favors may be, she finds… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool, — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A man does not have himself killed for a half-pence a day or for a petty distinction. You must speak to the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
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
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The Jesuits are a MILITARY organization, not a religious order. Their chief is a general of an army, not the mere father… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I would believe any religion that could prove it had existed since the beginning of the world. But when I see Socrates,… — 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
