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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes about Army - Page 2

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At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.

At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Army, Simplicity

Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Leadership, Army, Society

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Dirty, Home, Army

Statement to the Senate, 1814.

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the sudden and numerous waves were stronger still, and I was wise enough to yield to them rather than resist them obstinately and make the ship founder. Thus I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Wise, Strong, Army

"Mémorial de Sainte Hélène: Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena, Part 4" by Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases, (p. 133), 1823.

An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Army, Defeated

Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon in his own words from the French of Jules Bertaut”, Рипол Классик

Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military, War, Army

An army which cannot be regularly recruited is a doomed army.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Army, Doomed

An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Army, Effectiveness

Without cavalry, battles are without result.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military, Army, Battle

The Allied Powers having proclaimed that the Emperor Napoleon is the sole obstacle to the re-establishment of peace in Europe, he, faithful to his oath, declares that he is ready to descend from the throne, to quit France, and even to relinquish life, for the good of his country.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Country, Army, Europe

Napoleon Bonaparte “Napoleon's life in camp and cabinet, from the French of M. de Bourienne, Segur, Las Cases, &c. &c. &c”, Рипол Классик

A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Army, Care, May

"Napoleon in Review". Book by George Gordon Andrews, 1939.

Send me 300 francs; that sum will enable me to go to Paris. There, at least, one can cut a figure and surmount obstacles. Everything tells me I shall succeed. Will you prevent me from doing so for the want of 100 crowns?

Napoleon Bonaparte

Cutting, Army, Paris

Napoleon Bonaparte, D. A. Bingham (2010). “A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon: With Explanatory Notes”, p.24, Cambridge University Press

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.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military, Army, Boys

Religions are all founded on miracles - on things we cannot understand, such as the Trinity. Jesus calls himself the Son of God, and yet is descended from David. I prefer the religion of Mahomet - it is less ridiculous than ours.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Jesus, Son, 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.

For today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology. Where each worker may bloom secure from the pests of contradictory and confusing truths. Our Unification of Thought is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people. With one will. One resolve. One cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death. And we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!

Napoleon Bonaparte

Fear, Powerful, Army

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Country, Army, Navy

I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Jesus, Army, Government

"The life of Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of the French: with a preliminary view of the French revolution" by Sir Walter Scott, Philadelphia: Leary & Getz, (p. 91), 1857.

An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Army, Soldier, Soup

Victory and disaster establish indestructible bonds between armies and their commanders.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Army, Victory

Good infantry is without doubt the sinews of an army; but if it has to fight a long time against very superior artillery, it will become demoralized and will be destroyed.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Army, Fighting

I generally had to give in.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Army, Giving

Statement on his relations with the Empress Josephine (19 May 1816), quoted in "The Story of Civilization" by Will Durant and Ariel Durant, (p. 234), 1935.

An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Army, Care

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Army, Government, Roots

"The Mind of Napoleon". Book by J. Christopher Herold, 1955.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military, Army, Battle

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Wall, Military, Army

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