Great Lines

(1) Napoleon once said, when asked to explain the lack of great statesmen in the world, that "to get power you need to display absolute pettiness; to exercise power you need to show true greatness." Such pettiness and such greatness are rarely found in one person.

What movie is this line from? (don't google it. that's cheating). I will give you the writer

Rod Lurie (writer) Born May 15, 1962 in Israel. At age 18 he began attending the highly prestigious U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Upon graduation in 1984, he spent 4 years serving in the army, which took him to various cities in the U.S. and Europe. While serving in the Army, he worked part-time as freelance entertainment journalist, writing film reviews for small newspapers. After serving 4 of the 5 years of his obligation to the Army, he became a full-time film critic. He was soon writing reviews for Los Angeles Magazine and doing spots on KABC Talk Radio. Unfortunately, Lurie's sensationalist and highly informal style of film criticism made him one of the most hated film critics in the country.

that doesn't sound like a line from a movie ... more like a Wikipedia entry. maybe the movie had a narrator?

PS , didn't get far with the forbidden google search