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No. He was a revolutionist though during the revolution and was a big fan of the Jacobins.

When he just declared himself as Emperor of France, he said:

"We have finished the romance of the Revolution, we must now begin its history, only seeking for what is real and practicable in the application of its principles, and not

what is speculative and hypothetical."

Napoleon clearly felt, like the Jacobins, that an energetic centralized state was essential to consolidate the advances achieved by the Revolution and, at the same time, he wished to bring about the stability many French longed for after the upheavals of the past decade. In his eyes this meant the need for a strong executive.

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