Politics Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Passions change, politics are immutable.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

War is like government, a matter of tact.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To negotiate is not to do as one likes.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no strength without justice.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

They wanted me to be a Washington.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Imagination governs the world.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Lack is more in means, than in principles.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

High politic is only common sense applied to great things.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is no power without justice.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Speeches pass away, but acts remain.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.

— Napoleon Bonaparte