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
An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.
Against attempts on my life, I trust in my luck, my good genius, and my guards.
There is no such thing as an accident, only a failure to recognise the hand of fate
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money, as on the need to block for ever the march of the blacks in the world.
The tools belong to the man who can use them.
It's the people who are in the wrong who get angry.
Which is heavier: a soldier's pack or a slave's chains?
Good intelligence is nine-tenths of any battle.
To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.
The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.
The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.
In war it is not men, but the man who counts.