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
If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion
Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.
A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.
Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.
An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.
The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on war at the expense of the enemy territory.
It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.
Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.
An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.
One might as well try to charge through a wall.
Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.
Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.
An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.