Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.
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Each state claims the right to control interests foreign to itself when those interests are such that it can control them without putting its own interests in danger. ... other powers only recognize this right of intervening in proportion as the country doing it has the power to do it.
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Passions change, politics are immutable.
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The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.
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The Bible is not merely a book-it is a living power. . . . Nowhere as in the Bible can be found such a series of beautiful ideas and admirable maxims which pose before us like the battalions of a celestial army. . . . The soul can never go astray while it has this book for its guide.
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He is almost a statesman. He lies well.
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How many really capable men are children more than once during the day!
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From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.
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The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.
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In my youth I, too, entertained some illusions; but I soon recovered from them.
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When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation.
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France will always be a great nation.
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Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?
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Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.
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There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.
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The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.
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For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.
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Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human.
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The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.
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Collective crimes incriminate no one.
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An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.
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It is with artillery that war is made.
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No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.
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Since the discovery of printing, knowledge has been called to power, and power has been used to make knowledge a slave.