Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes About Power
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High politic is only common sense applied to great things.
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God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.
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When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary.
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
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International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.
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Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.
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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.
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Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.
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Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
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A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.
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Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.
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A magistrate is not a father; he must be just and severe. Only tyrants are fathers.
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Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.
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When you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.
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An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.
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Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
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A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.
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If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
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To negotiate is not to do as one likes.
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Public morals are natural complement of all laws they are by themselves an entire code.
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A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.
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The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.
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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.
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Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.
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The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.
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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.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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Lack is more in means, than in principles.
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
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It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.
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