Napoleon

I shall be an Attila to Venice.

Napoleon

I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.

Napoleon

I want the whole of Europe to have one currency; it will make trading much easier.

Napoleon

I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

Napoleon

If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.

Napoleon

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East

Napoleon

If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.

Napoleon

If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.

Napoleon

If obedience is the result of the instinct of the masses, revolt is the result of their thought.

Napoleon

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Napoleon