The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances. — 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
God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
But it is at home and not in public that one should wash ones dirty linen. [Fr., Car c'est en famille, ce… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one… — 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
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his… — 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, since the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there. — 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