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Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes about War - Page 4

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

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

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Transition, Offensive

Napoleon Bonaparte (2012). “Napoleon's Military Maxims”, p.26, Courier Corporation

The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Needs, Navigation

In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Battle, Half

In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Character, Balance

'Correspondance de Napolèon Ier' vol. 17 (1865) no.14276 'Observations sur les affaires d'Espagne, Saint- Cloud, 27 août 1808'

A people which is able to say everything becomes able to do everything.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Freedom, War, People

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

A general-in-chief should ask himself several times in the day, What if the enemy were to appear now in my front, or on my right, or my left?

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Enemy, What If

I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military, War, Fire

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Irritation, Would Be

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."

In war, as in politics, no evil - even if it is permissible under the rules - is excusable unless it is absolutely necessary. Everything beyond that is a crime.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Power, Evil

War is 90% information.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Data, Information

If you wage war, do it energetically and with severity. This is the only way to make it shorter and consequently less inhuman.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Way, Severity

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

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Order, Overcoming

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

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

In war, as in love, we must come into contact before we triumph.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Triumph, Contact

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

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Army, Simplicity

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Inspirational, War, Past

If I were an Englishman, I should esteem the man who advised a war with China to be the greatest living enemy of my country. You would be beaten in the end, and perhaps a revolution in India would follow.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Country, War, Men

"The Mind of Napoleon" by J. Christopher Herold, (p. 249), 1955.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military, War, Fighting

What my enemies call a general peace is my destruction. What I call peace is merely the disarmament of my enemies. Am I not more moderate than they?

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Enemy, Destruction

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Peace, War, Want

"Libretto for the Republic of Liberia". Book by Melvin Beaunorus Tolson, 1953.

Great battles are won with artillery.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Battle, Artillery

The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War, Fighting, Fate

Unavailable wars are always just.

Napoleon Bonaparte

War

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