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
Nothing is lost as long as courage remains
Each state claims the right to control interests foreign to itself when those interests are such that it can control them without putting its own interests in danger. other powers only recognize this right of intervening in proportion as the country doing it has the power to do it.
In order not to be astonished at obtaining victories, one ought not to think only of defeats.
A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.
If you want to get on in this world make many promises, but don't keep them.
The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.
One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.
It is neither holy, Roman or an empire.
In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.
Parties weaken themselves by their fear of capable men.
The laws of circumstance are abolished by new circumstances.
The greater the man, the less is he opinionative, he depends upon events and circumstances.
A great people may be killed, but they cannot be intimidated.
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.