"A people that is able to say..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.”

“The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.”

“There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.”

“Errors of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.”

“Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose”

“Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.”

“Without meaning, without substance, without aim: a mere 'public opinion'.”

“Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling ones pulse and taking ones temperature. I see that a speaker at the week-end said that this was a time when leaders should keep their ears to the ground. All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture.”

“The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.”