Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Law
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Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code. That will live forever.
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A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
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One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.
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The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
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We cannot escape from the arbitrariness of the judge, unless we place ourselves under the despotism of the law.
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A constitution should be short and obscure.