Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization!
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I suffer a little bit from Napoleonism, if you will.
I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man.
What is our vision on this earth - war to the end of all generations and life by the sword?
I'm useless with a sword in real life.
The sword - the first, for a time the only force: the force of iron.
The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!
The sword is very handsome. I am too old and infirm, as you see, to ever use a sword again, but I am glad that my old mother state has not entirely forgotten me.
The sword is the axis of the world and its power is absolute.
France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws.
The sword was a very elegant weapon in the days of the samurai. You had honor and chivalry much like the knights, and yet it was a gruesome and horrific weapon.