The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The art of the police is not to see what it is useless that it should see. – Napoleon Bonaparte

The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The art of the police is not to see what it is useless that it should see. – Napoleon Bonaparte
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. – Denis Diderot