In 1838, Balzac published a collection of Maxims and Thoughts
of Napoleon.
In heaven’s name, why?
Says Balzac, in his introduction,
It is not unnecessary
to point out that Napoleon never contradicted himself in his hatred for
lawyers, idealists and republicans.
His opinion with
regard to them amounts to banishing public discussion from government affairs.
. . . .
Napoleon considered
responsible governing to be impossible and press freedom as incompatible with
the existence of power[.]
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