Quote #61
Authoritarian government required to speak, is silent... Representative government required to speak, lies with impunity.
More from Napoleon Bonaparte
- An emperor confides his trust in National Soldiers, not in mercenaries.
- Better not to have been born than to live without glory.
- An army of sheep, led by a lion, is better than an army of lions, led by a sheep.[1]
- Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
- An army marches on its stomach.
- Calumny, envy, and all revengeful passions appear almost exclusively to direct the actions of men.
- America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.
- Ces terribles chevaux gris! Comme ils travaillent!