Napoleon Bonaparte — Courageous Quotes

296 quotes · Military Leader, Emperor

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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Courageous

“I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.”

Law Order Anarchy

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Military Leader, Emperor

Courageous

“When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.”

Eye Fire Baptized In

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“An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.”

Support Aristocracy

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“In war, men are nothing, one man is everything.”

Men War

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“In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.”

War Love Together

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“The Turks can be killed, but they can never be conquered.”

Istanbul

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“Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.”

Battle Fields

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“When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.”

Men Live Life Mediocrity

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“The transition from the defensive to the offensive is one of the most delicate operations in war.”

War Transition Offensive

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“There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich.”

Rich Poor

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“In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.”

War Military

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“What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.”

Home Army Dirty

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