"A magistrate is not a father; he..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“My generals are a parcel of post inspectors.”

“While I live I will never resort to irredeemable paper.”

“Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits”

“Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.”

“The example of America must be the example not merely of peace because it will not fight, but of peace because peace is the healing and elevating influence of the world, and strife is not. There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.”

“The art of governing consists simply of being honest, exercising common sense, following principle, and doing what is right and just.”

“Be obedient to your superior, and your inferior will obey you.”

“The Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People is sacredly obligatory upon all.”

“Dogmatic toleration is nonsense: I would no more tolerate the teaching of Calvinism to children if I had power to persecute it than the British Raj tolerated suttee in India. Every civilized authority must draw a line between the tolerable and the intolerable.”