Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes About Power

Quotes about: Power

• Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Inspirational, Thinking Of You, Time

• 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.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Leadership, Power, People

• In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Stupid, Power, Intellectual

• If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Success, Power, Broken Promises

• History is a set of lies agreed upon.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Lying, Power, Agree Upon

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Hypocrisy, Politics

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

• Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Fear, Inspiration, Power

  Cited in Heinl, Dictionary of Military and Naval Quotations (1966).

• Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Live Life, Power, People

• It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Power, Would Be

• Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Stones, Anarchy

• For the stability of the Government, the people should have a considerable voice in the elections.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Government, Should Have

• A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Political, Politics

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

• Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Men, Political

  Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

• In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Mistake, Power, Political

• Men who have changed the world never achieved their success by winning the chief citizens to their side, but always by stirring the masses.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Winning, Power, Men

• The sovereignty of the people is inalienable.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, People, Politics

• Force is the law of animals, men are ruled by conviction.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Animal, Power, Men

• 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.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Power, Evil

• To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Acceptance, Power, Men

  "Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. I), 1916.

• 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.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Love, Artist, Power

• Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Government, Promise

• The first method is that of a schemer and leads only to mediocre results; the other method is the path of genius and changes the face of the world.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Genius, World

• The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Politics, Geography

• Great events ever depend but upon a single hair. The adroit man profits by everything, neglects nothing which can increase his chances; the less adroit, by sometimes disregarding a single chance, fails in everything.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Men, Hair

• Great men are never cruel without necessity.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Power, Men, Politics

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