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
I have destroyed the enemy merely by marches.
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.
The most constant, the most powerful, and the most generous of all my enemies.
Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work
If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness.
It is easier to brave and threaten, than to conquer an enemy.
A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.
When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.
Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.
No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.
There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.