"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.”
"In politics stupidity is not a handicap.”
"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.”
"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories."
"History is a set of lies agreed upon."
"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."
"The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely."
"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him."
"Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.”
Napoléon Bonaparte