Quote #152

Such work as mine is not done twice in a century. I saved the Revolution as it lay dying, I have cleansed it of its crimes and have held it up to the people shining with fame. I inspired France and Europe with new ideas which will never be forgotten.

More from Napoleon Bonaparte

  1. Stupidity is not a handicap in politics.
  2. Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
  3. Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time …
  4. The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
  5. Speeches pass away, but acts remain.
  6. The allies we gain by victory, will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
  7. Some men have sufficient strength of mind to change their disposition, or at least to yield to imperative circumstances.
  8. The aristocracy has the advantage of concentrating the power of Government into less dangerous hands than those of the ignorant multitude.

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