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
Bloodletting is among the ingredients of political medicine.
In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.
This year has begun hopefully for right thinkers. After all these centuries of feudal barbarism and political slavery, it is surprising to see how the word of 'liberty' sets minds on fire.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
They wanted me to be a Washington.
A Constitution should be short and obscure.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
If fifty thousand men were to die for the good of the State, I certainly would weep for them, but political necessity comes before everything else.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.
When people cease to complain, they cease to think.
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.