An army must have but one line of operations. This must be maintained with care and abandoned only for major reasons. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
We should always go before our enemies with confidence, otherwise our apparent uneasiness inspires them with greater boldness. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The basic principle that we must follow in directing the armies of the Republic is this: that they must feed themselves on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Men soon get tired of shedding their blood for the advantage of a few individuals, who think they amply reward the soldiers… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. ... This is the only way… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“It is not that addresses at the opening of a battle make the soldiers brave. The old veterans scarcely hear them, and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
All becomes easy when we follow the current of opinion; it is the ruler of the world. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
My decision to destroy the authority of the blacks in Saint Domingue (Haiti) is not so much based on considerations of commerce and money,… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
