Napoleon Bonaparte: Patriotism & Banker Decency

Posted by admin on Friday, December 3, 2010

Napoleon Bonaparte Money Quotation saying bankers are not beholden to governments or countries when their primary objective is profit. Napoleon said:
 

 

“Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain” — Napoleon Bonaparte

 

 

Napoleon Bonaparte seems to be making the point that money itself has no inherent loyalty or attachment to any particular nation or group of people. He suggests that those involved in finance as their occupation (“financiers”) prioritize profit above all else, including patriotic allegiance to their home country or moral scruples.

Bonaparte appears to be implying that the pursuit of wealth through economic activities like banking and trade causes people to transcend national boundaries and social obligations in favor of maximizing personal “gain” or earnings wherever possible.

In essence, the message is that money is an influence that can undermine traditional loyalties to community or nation, since its movement knows no political borders and those who handle it professionally are chiefly devoted to accumulation regardless of other concerns.

Birthday: August 15, 1769 – Death: May 5, 1821