Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy. — 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
“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
Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances. — 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
Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government. — 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
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — 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
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 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
In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles. — 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
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
