976 Quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte

If the Earth were a single state, Istanbul would be its capital.

Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.

Men of genius are meteors destined to burn themselves out in lighting up their age.

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

In order that a people may be free, it is necessary that the governed be sages, and those who govern, gods.

God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.

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.