Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
Art Collector
Emperor
Militant
Military Leader
Military Officer
Politician
Sovereign
Statesman
Statesperson
Aiacciu
Napoléon Bonaparte
Le Petit Caporal
Le Corse
Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoleon I
by the Grace of God and the Constitutions
Emperor of the French and King of Italy
Empereur des Français Napoléon I
Napoleon Buonaparte
emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
Napoleone Bonaparte
Napoleone Buonaparte
Emperador de Francia Napoleón I
Napoleon I
Na
Even
Crime
Unless
Beyond
Politics
Excusable
Evil
Permissible
War
Rules
Power
Absolutely
Everything
Necessary
More quotes by Napoleon Bonaparte
An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well then I did wrong to make you a general.
Napoleon Bonaparte
You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.
Napoleon Bonaparte
War is ninety percent information.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Act swiftly and vigorously, without 'buts' and 'ifs'.
Napoleon Bonaparte
What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?
Napoleon Bonaparte
You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.
Napoleon Bonaparte
In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The allies we gain by victory will turn against us upon the bare whisper of our defeat.
Napoleon Bonaparte
We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing if he is a king he is lost.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.
Napoleon Bonaparte
I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Man, not men, is the most important consideration.
Napoleon Bonaparte
