From Triumph To Downfall Is But A

I May Have Had Many Projects, But I Never Was Free To Carry Out Any Of Them.

What I Have Done Up To This Is Nothing. I Am Only At The Beginning Of The Course I Must Run. Do You Imagine That I Triumph In Italy In Order To Aggrandise The Pack Of Lawyers Who Form The Directory, And Men Like Carnot And Barras? What An Idea!

Do Not Talk To Me Of Goodness, Of Abstract Justice, Of Nature Law. Necessity Is The Highest Law, Public Welfare Is The Highest Justice.

Artillery Is More Essential To Cavalry Than To Infantry, Because Cavalry Has No Fire For Its Defence, But Depends On The Sabre.

Liberty Is A Need Felt By A Small Class Of People Whom Nature Has Endowed With Nobler Minds Than The Mass Of Men;.... Consequently, It May Be Repressed With Impunity. Equality, On The Other Hand, Pleases The Masses.