Napoleon Quotes

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them

Es gibt keine andere Unsterblichkeit als die Erinnerung, die man im Geiste der Menschen zurücklässt.

History is a series of lies on which we agree.

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

I am for the whites because I am white; I have no other reason, and that one is good.

It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

Sentiment de Napoléon sur la divinité de Jésus-Christ (1841), p. 59. Translated: "From first day to the last, he is the same, always the same, majestic and simple, extremely severe and extremely mild in the business of public life, so to speak, Jesus does not hold to any criticism, his prudent manner so delighted admiration by a mixture of strength and gentleness".

Songez que du haut de ces Pyramides, quarante siècles vous contemplent !

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.

The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.