Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoléon Bonapartewas a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionRoyalty
Date of Birth15 August 1769
CityAjaccio, France
CountryFrance
My dominion ends where that of conscience begins.
When you have resolved to fight a battle, collect your whole force. Dispense with nothing. A single battalion sometimes decides the day.
When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!
Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers perils with the treasures they amass.
The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.
An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.
Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed.
War must be made as intense and awful as possible in order to make it short, and thus to diminish its horrors.
War is like government, a matter of tact.
Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human.
The worse the troops the greater the need of artillery.
My generals are a parcel of post inspectors.
I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.
I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.