Lords of Finance by Liaquat Ahamed (pg. 86)

Determined never again to be held hostage by moneymen, Napoleon changed the Bankque’s statutes so that henceforth the governor and the two deputy governors would be appointed directly by the government, which at that time meant Napoléon himself. He declared at the time, “The Banque does not only belong to its shareholders, but also to the state…. I want the Banque to be sufficiently in government hands without being too much so.”