Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded empires; but what foundation did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded an empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him. – Napoleon Bonaparte
When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes. – Napoleon Bonaparte
There are two levers for moving men — interest and fear. – Napoleon Bonaparte
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind; Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind; neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power. – Matthew Arnold