“ A collective insanity seemed to have seized the nation and turned them into something worse than beasts. The princess de Lamballe, Marie Antoinette's intimate friend, was literally torn to pieces; her… J. Christopher Herold
“ Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. J. Christopher Herold
“ Just as Napoleon was the sole authority in the state, so the husband and father was to exercise authority over his family. Unfortunately the only possible result of despotism on either level is hypocr… J. Christopher Herold
“ The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among the English that if liberty, equality, and ju… J. Christopher Herold
“ The right-wing Tories and the conservative Whigs fought Napoleon as the Usurper and the Enemy of the Established Order; the liberal Tories and the radical Whigs fought him as the Betrayer of the Revol… J. Christopher Herold
“ His [Pitt's] successor as prime minister was Mr. Addington, who was a friend of Mr. Pitt, just as Mr. Pitt was a friend of Mr. Addington; but their respective friends were each other's enemies. Mr. Fo… J. Christopher Herold
“ Historians are lenient to those who succeed and stern to those who fail; in this, and this alone, they display strong political sense. J. Christopher Herold
