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If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion

If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion

Napoleon Bonaparte
Dog, Fighting, Army

An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Inspirational, Army, Lions
Napoleon Bonaparte “A selection from the letters and despatches of the first Napoleon”, Рипол Классик

I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Wise, Country, Army
"Correspondance Napoleon" edited by Henri Plon, Vol. 4, No. 3148, (p. 420), 1861.

The bullet that will kill me is not yet cast.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Bullets, Kill Me
Statement at Montereau, February 17, 1814.

The Mohammedan religion is the finest of all.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Finest
"Talks of Napoleon at St. Helena with General Baron Gourgaud, together with the journal kept by Gourgaud on their journey from Waterloo to St Helena", (pp. 279 - 280), 1903.

Muhammad was a prince; he rallied his compatriots around him. In a few years, the Muslims conquered half of the world. They plucked more souls from false gods, knocked down more idols, razed more pagan temples in fifteen years than the followers of Moses and Jesus did in fifteen centuries. Muhammad was a great man. He would indeed have been a god, if the revolution that he had performed had not been prepared by the circumstances.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Jesus, Army, Men
"Campagnes d'Egypte et Syrie", Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, (p. 275), translated by John Tolan in "European Accounts of Muhammad's Life", 1998.

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Mistake, Army, Navy
Attributed in "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, 1922.

It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Size, Brooms

Give Me a Turkish Army. I will Conquer world.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Giving, World

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Children, Women, Army
"The St. Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud, 1815-1818 : Being a Diary written at St. Helena during a part of Napoleon's Captivity", translated by Norman Edwards, 1932.

A starving army is actually worse than none.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Starving

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Leaving, Enemy
Statement at Paris, January 23, 1814.

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Confused, Army, Men
"The Age of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 8), 2002.

Muhammad was a great man, an intrepid soldier; with a handful of men he triumphed at the battle of Bender (sic); a great captain, eloquent, a great man of state, he revived his fatherland and created a new people and a new power in the middle of Arabia.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Men, People
"Précis des guerres de César, écrit à Sainte-Hélène sous la dictée de l'empereur" edited by Comte Marchand, (p. 237), 1836.

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, Army, Order
"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. VII), 1916.

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Time, Writing, Army
Napoleon Bonaparte (2010). “The Corsican: The Virtual Diary of Napoleon Bonaparte”, p.370, Fireship Press

What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Military, Mean, Army
"Napoleon : In His Own Words" edited by Jules Bertaut, translated by Herbert Edward Law and Charles Lincoln Rhodes, (Ch. V), 1916.

Our hour is marked, and no one can claim a moment of life beyond what fate has predestined.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Fate, Army, Moments
To Dr. Arnott, April 1821.

Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Light, Troops

Ordinary men died, men of iron were taken prisoner: I only brought back with me men of bronze.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Taken, Army, Men
"Napoleon's Cavalry and its Leaders". Book by David Johnson, 1978.

An army marches on its stomach.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Food, Army
Attributed in Wash. Post, 18 Sept. 1898. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, this was "probably condensed from a long passage in E. A. de Las Cases Memorial de Ste-Helene (1823) vol. 4, 14 Nov. 1816; also attributed to Frederick the Great, in Notes and Queries 10 March 1866." The 1866 attribution to Frederick is worded "an army moves on (or by) its stomach."

Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Independent, Army, Safety
Proclamation to the French People, June 22, 1815.

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Enemy

It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.

Napoleon Bonaparte
War, Army, Victory
Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.20, Courier Corporation

Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.

Napoleon Bonaparte
Army, Swim, Flags
Statement at Rochefort, July 1815.

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