A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
I am the signet which marks the page where the revolution has been stopped; but when I die it will turn the… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should… — 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
