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
To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation. — 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
The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. — 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
Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances;… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good… — 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
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
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
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
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles. — 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
Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there. — 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
In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I have doubtless erred more or less in politics, but a crime I never committed. — 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 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
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
The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
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
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
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
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share
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