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Government Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
- I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
- The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.
- I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to…
- Public instruction should be the first object of government.
- When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation
- War is like government, a matter of tact.
- It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the…
- Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.
- A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.
- A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.
- Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.
- For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.
- The art of government is not to let me grow stale.
- It is easy to know when a government wishes for peace by observing the character of the person sent to negotiate for it.
- In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.
- A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
- Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.
- A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.
- What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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