Authority Quote by J. Christopher Herold

“Could it be that the great Bonaparte is incapable of fathering a child? that it is not I who am at fault but you?”

— Carolly Erickson

“One by one, Napoleon's armies toppled the ancient monarchies of Europe. The French believed the great ideals of their Republic-liberty, equality, and fraternity-were universal…

— David S. Kidder

“If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. I absolutely do not believe that the personal rule of Napoleon III…

— Franz Liszt

“According to what he tells us himself, Mrs. Fryxell used to say of Napoleon: 'I wish he could be punished for all his slaughter…

— Vilhelm Moberg

While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will…

— Michael Dirda

“The ambition of Caesar and of Napoleon pales before that which could not rest until it had seized the minds of men and controlled…

— Robert W. Chambers

“The aggressor is always peace-loving (as Bonaparte always claimed to be); he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”

— Carl von Clausewitz

“My kingdom has fallen because I had built it with power,but the kingdom of Jesus Christ will last forever because it was built on…

— Napoléon Bonaparte

“Thus men, according to Bossuet, derive nothing from themselves; patriotism, wealth, inventions, husbandry, science—all come to them by the operation of the laws, or…

— Frédéric Bastiat

“Louis XIV was a very proud and self-confident man. He had such and such mistresses, and such and such ministers, and he governed France…

— Isaiah Berlin

“no ideology can protect a son from the unwelcome inheritance of his father’s ambitions.”

— Elizabeth Strout

“Marius saw in Bonaparte the dazzling spectre which will always rise upon the frontier, and which will guard the future. Despot but dictator; a…

— Victor Hugo