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I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.
In war, moral factors acount for three quarters of the whole; relative material strength accounts for only one quarter.
A man made for public life and authority never takes account of personalities; he only takes account of things, of their weight and their conseqences.
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Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.
I may be accused or rashness, but not sluggishness.
A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights. Men are moved by only two mechanisms: fear and self-interest. Victory belongs to the most persevering.
A man's palate can, in time, become accustomed to anything.
Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.
All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
The French complain of everything, and always.
France always has plenty men of talent, but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.
France has more need of me than I have need of France.
What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.
France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier.
The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.
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France will always be a great nation.
