The truth is that one ought to serve his people worthily, and not strive solely to please them. The best way to gain a people is to do that which is best for them. Nothing is more dangerous than to flatter a people. If it does not get what it wants immediately, it is irritated and thinks that promises have not been kept; and if then it is resisted, it hates so much the more as it feels itself deceived.


Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)

Napoleon I of France Quotes

The truth is that one ought to serve his people worthily, and not strive solely to please them. The best way to gain a people is to do that which is...

The truth is that one ought to serve his people worthily, and not strive solely to please them. The best way to gain a people is to do that which is...

The truth is that one ought to serve his people worthily, and not strive solely to please them. The best way to gain a people is to do that which is...

The truth is that one ought to serve his people worthily, and not strive solely to please them. The best way to gain a people is to do that which is...