People Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When people cease to complain, they cease to think.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Medicines are only fit for old people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We must serve the people worthily, and not occupy ourselves in trying to please them. The best way, to gain their affections…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Passionate people invariably deny their anger, and cowards often boast their ignorance of fear.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

They are the carrion birds of humanity...[speaking of the Jews] are a state within a state. They are certainly not real citizens...The…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Alexander, Charlemagne and myself all tried to found an empire on force and we failed. Jesus Christ is building an empire on…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

As for myself, I do not believe that such a person as Jesus Christ ever existed; but as the people are inclined…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There are two merits that glorify a person: being courageous for a man and being virtuous for a woman. Besides these two,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Washington is dead! This great man fought against Tyranny; he established the liberty of his country. His memory will always be dear…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

For today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Impossible is the word found only in a fool's dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible...

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Hereditary succession to the magistracy is absurd, as it tends to make a property of it; it is incompatible with the sovereignty…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The people excited by ambitious demagogues, sooner or later return into the hands of the Aristocracy.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

— Napoleon Bonaparte