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
A victorious general must know how to employ severity, justness, and mildness by turns, if he would allay sedition or prevent it.
Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.
Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.
War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.
Where flowers degenerate man cannot live.
What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?
In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.
The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric.
The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.
The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.
Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.
Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.
I have fought sixty battles, and I have learnt nothing which I did not know at the beginning.