... the new constitution as well as the ancient regime. A classic example of blending old and new ideals is Napoleon's reforming of the Republic. In 1795 he adopted a new view that differed from his original views on politics and power. He saw that the ideals of the constitution of that year were dying. In his eyes, it had become incapable of defending the French people. He did however damage the Revolution, when he chose to form the consuls; he separated power into different consuls, each of which were responsible for a different branch of government. There were legislative, judiciary and executive bodies, yet Napoleon, in his search for power, united all real power under the executive body, thus destroying the ideals that the Revolutionary Republic had supported. Napoleon justified this seizure of power as being in order to make the republic loved by its citizens, respected abroad and feared by ...

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