976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

So you think the police foresees and knows everything. The police invents more than it discovers.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted

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.

A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.