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
There is no power without justice.
A King should sacrifice the best affections of his heart for the good of his country; no sacrifice should be above his determination.
A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.
A starving army is actually worse than none.
It is with artillery that war is made.
Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.
Better to have a known enemy than a forced ally.
Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man towards the unseen that it become insensible to the barriers of time and space.
It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.
Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.
At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.
In war the simplest manoeuvres are the best.
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
A great European federative system alone can be favourable to the development of civilisation.