Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes on Military
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France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier.
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Waterloo will wipe out the memory of my forty victories; but that which nothing can wipe out is my Civil Code. That will live forever.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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An emperor confides his trust in National Soldiers, not in mercenaries.
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Every soldier carries a marshal's baton in his pack.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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I accept I might be defeated, but caught in surprise, never.
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If you start to take Vienna - take Vienna.
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Strategy is the art of making use of time and space. I am less concerned about the latter than the former. Space we can recover, lost time never.
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The English... are a nation of shopkeepers
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To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.