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France has more need of me than I have need of France.

France has more need of me than I have need of France.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Needs, France

Sometimes a great example is necessary to all the public functionaries of the state.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Example, Sometimes, States
"Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts" collected and published by Cte. A. G. de Liancourt; edited by James Alexander Manning, (p. 248), 1848.

There are two kinds of fidelity, that of dogs and that of cats; you, gentleman, have the fidelity of cats who never leave the house.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Friendship, Dog, Cat

In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, War, Three

We are nothing but by the law.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Law, Nations

Rigorous authority and justice are the kindness of kings.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Kings, Kindness, Justice
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

Ability is of little account without opportunity. I have very rarely met with two o'clock in the morning courage: I mean instantaneous courage.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Morning, Mean, Opportunity
Quoted in E. A. de Las Cases, Memorial de Ste-Helene (1823) (entry for 4 - 5 Dec. 1815)

I have come to realise that men are not born to be free.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Born, Born To Be Free

Where flowers degenerate man cannot live.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Flower, Men, Degenerates
"The table talk and opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte" by Napoleon Bonaparte, (p. 148), 1868.

The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Politics, Geography

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Writing, Men, Vanity

It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Suicide, War, Climate

Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Jesus, Son, Army
"The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud, 1815-1818 : Being a Diary written at St. Helena during a part of Napoleon's Captivity", translated by Norman Edwards, 1932.

Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Wealth, Thirty
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

Obedience to public authority ought not to be based either on ignorance or stupidity.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Ignorance, Stupidity, Obedience
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Luck, Genius

As to moral courage, I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage, that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion, and which, in spite of the most unforeseen events, leaves full freedom of judgement and decision.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Courage, Morning, Mean

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Leadership, Mean, Order

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Wind, Civilization, Ships

A great Nation should have a fixed Government, so that the death of one man should not overturn it.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Men, Power, Should Have

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Country, Danger, States
"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. IX), 1916.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Men, He Man

To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Dream, Military, Fighting

Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Wine, Joy, Add

For today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!

Napoleon Bonaparte
Fear, Powerful, Army

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