There is no consensus even today on the merits of Napoleon - and certainly no agreement on the rights and wrongs of the origins of the First World War. Douglas Hurd
The structure of the Swiss ruling class is rock-hard, and unchanged since the time of Napoleon. They sit on their mountains and lecture the world on democracy. It's an unbelievable show of self-satisfaction and arrogance. Jean Ziegler
Let no one refer to the sword of Napoleon I as the instrument of progress and civilization! Elie Ducommun
In the mind of a young man from a middle-class family, the concept of human life is associated with that of a career, and in early youth the career is that of Napoleon I. Italo Svevo
[I don't] care a twopenny damn what [becomes] of the ashes of Napoleon Bonaparte. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
According to my judgement, the French Revolution and the doings of Napoleon opened the eyes of the world. The nations knew nothing before and the people thought that kings were gods upon the earth and that they were bound to say that whatever they did as well done. Theodoros Kolokotronis