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
Leave the Artillerymen alone, they are an obstinate lot...
The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.
Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!
One might as well try to charge through a wall.
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.
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse.
To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.
Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.
Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army.
Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.
I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.
There are certain things in war of which the commander alone comprehends the importance. Nothing but his superior firmness and ability can subdue and surmount all difficulties.
Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.