If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. I absolutely do not believe that the personal rule of Napoleon III has been corrupting and oppressive for France-but quite the contrary, it is demonstrably necessary, conciliatory, progressive, and generally intelligent and democratic in the best sense of the word.
Franz LisztAbout author
- Author's profession: Composer
- Nationality: hungarian
- Born: October 22, 1811
- Died: July 31, 1886