There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.

It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.