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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Public Opinion, Politics
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, People, Politics

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Political, Politics
Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.88, Fireship Press

When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Commitment, Power, Politics

If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Men, Political

The great art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Art, Jobs, Power
Letter to Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, (August 9, 1796); in "Correspondance de Napoléon Ier", Vol. 1, (p. 532), 1858.

In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Simple, Political

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Love, Artist, Power

International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Shapes, Politics

There is no power without justice.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Justice, Politics

For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Government, Should Have

Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Law, Justice

In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Power, Evil

To negotiate is not to do as one likes.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Politics, Likes

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 full meaning of the term, titled spies.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Government, Spy

Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Opportunity, Giving

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Political, Politics
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Power, Political

Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Men, Hair

A true master of politics is able to calculate, down to the smallest fraction, the advantages to which he may put his very faults.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, May, Politics

A legislator must know how to take advantage of even the defects of those he wants to govern. The art consists in making others work rather than in wearing oneself out.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Art, Power, Politics

The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Genius, World

A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Father, Power, Tyrants

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Heart, Power, Should
Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Power, Development, Politics

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