500 Quotes by Napoleon

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

God! How men of letters are stupid.

I marvel that whereas the ambitious dreams of my self, Caesar, and Alexander should have vanished into thin air, a Judean peasant-Jesus-s hould be able to stretch His hands across the centuries and control the destinies of men and nations.

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.