If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
They are the carrion birds of humanity...[speaking of the Jews] are a state within a state. They are certainly not real citizens...The… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
This accession of territory affirms forever the power of the United States, and I have given England a maritime rival who sooner… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity… — 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
There is no man more pusillanimous than I when I am planning a campaign. I purposely exaggerate all the dangers and all… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Each state claims the right to control interests foreign to itself when those interests are such that it can control them without… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
How can you have order in a state without religion? For, when one man is dying of hunger near another who is… — 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