"I attest that the system which tends to bring liberty by open force to neighboring nations is the most appropriate means of making them hate it and preventing its triumph. "
I am not so convinced by it. At least not always true and not always false is as far as I will go.
For evidence I offer Rhineland. The Napoleonic code continued having influence till the beginning of the 20th century and a guillotine whose blade was forged in 179x (where x=some number) was used in 1910 in Cologne. My point is there had to be a lot of cultural adoption for that to long outlast the Napoleonic occupation. So I would judge Talleyrand's comment false in respect to Rhineland at first glance.
Inherent in Talleyrand's quote seems to be the concept of liberty at the individual level and nationality - with a national consciousness in neighboring nations that could be offended by open force. I question the degree of nationality/national consciousness there was.
In 1803-1806 most German states were all too happy to tear down the Holy Roman Empire. We need to recognize states were more like modern corporations than nations and not all states were nations yet. It was more Coca Cola versus Pepsi. It didn't seem to occur to german people to object to being reassigned from Coca Cola to Pepsi whilst Napoleon was redrawing maps. It most likely made little difference to daily life.
A German national consciousness was lacking and I would say the French Revolution and Napoleon created Germany and a German national consciousness. It doesn't seem to have been there to a great degree in 1803 to 1806 but certainly was by the Frankfurt parliament of 1848.
French armies lived off the land so the associated raping pillaging and looting would be more likely to cause hate amongst common people.
The elite in most countries were scared of giving liberties to common people and perhaps the quote is more to do with the elites hating liberty for the commoners.
Your examples do not invalidate what Talleyrand said. Because in the end, the various states rebelled against France, despite France's various contributions to these states.
Nobody likes to be defeated. It was summarized well in this moment in Star Trek. Near the end of the episode "The Menagerie", the Talosian Keeper realizes that humans would not be a good slave race to rebuilt their world...
"KEEPER: We had not believed this possible. The customs and history of your race show a unique hatred of captivity. Even when it's pleasant and benevolent, you prefer death. This makes you too violent and dangerous a species for our needs."
Being conquered is the same thing...
This is why these scenes in "The Godfather: Part II" are important. Don Ciccio understood human nature...
Forcing your government on colonized nations may ruin the chance of those nations to discover the value of that liberty on their own, and may lead to their resentment of it.
True. But imposing liberty by force an oxymoron. Imposing something is the antithesis of liberty and is almost always a form of colonialism. Democracy, liberty, justice and human rights are almost always the false justifications for conquest.
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