He, who practices right, but in the hope of acquiring great renown, is very near to vice. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice. — 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
