In February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." ...

It first appeared in "Maximes et pensées de Napoléon" by French author Honoré de Balzac. The book, published in 1838, 23 years after Napoleon's death in exile, is a compilation of aphorisms ...