One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
NAPOLEON BONAPARTEWhen 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.
More Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
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Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
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To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind
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There is a joy in danger.
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All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.
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What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.
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Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
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Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
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I have seen only you, I have admired only you, I desire only You
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I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers
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Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.
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Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
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Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
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