Napoleon just went apesh1t.
IMO Washington and the US were aggressors to some degree not to the people they wanted to rule though. The United states came about through many wars and land disputes. Christopher Columbus chopped off hands of Native Americans in the beginning etc.. Then we had the natives, English, the Mexicans (Spanish) and the French to beat down. We kinda violently uprised.
Yeah, Washington was awesome, the most buff president we ever had- big time hero. Yet he wanted the "US President" to be noble and knew that the people and the world were watching. He came up with the name - "Mr. President" as opposed to "your excellency" or something, yet he thought that shaking hands with anyone would be a disgrace to the position. And stepping down after his second term was pretty darn noble- love him.
But yeah, once the democracy was born- (which was an old concept) we never ruled our people with intimidation and terror.