Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections. — 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
A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All generals, officers, and soldiers who capitulate in battle to save their own lives should be decimated. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself… — 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 beggar shall be arrested. But to arrest a beggar merely in order to put him in jail would be barbarous and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur.… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
It should not be believed that a march of three or four days in the wrong direction can be corrected by a… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy… — 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
