--- title: "4 Joseph Fouche Quotes" description: "Joseph Fouché, 1st Duke d'Otrante, 1st Count Fouché was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte...." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-joseph-fouche-67250.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Joseph Fouche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-joseph-fouche-67250.jpg) # Joseph Fouche **4** quotes in **15** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Joseph Fouché, 1st Duke d'Otrante, 1st Count Fouché was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. Fouché later became a subordinate of Emperor Napoleon. ## Quick Facts About Joseph Fouche Notable works Police Secrète du Premier Empire; Bulletins Quotidiens Adressés Par Fouché à L'empereur ## About Joseph Fouche Joseph Fouché, 1st Duke d'Otrante, 1st Count Fouché was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. Fouché later became a subordinate of Emperor Napoleon. He was particularly known for the ferocity with which he suppressed the Lyon insurrection during the Revolution in 1793. But he also was a highly competent minister of police under the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire. In 1815, he served as President of the Executive Commission, which was the provisional government of France installed after the abdication of Napoleon. In English texts, his title is often translated as Duke of Otranto. ## Quotes by Joseph Fouche > [ It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder. \[Fr., C'est plus qu'un crime, c'est une faute.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fouche/it-is-worse-that-a-crime-it-is-a-blunder-fr-c-est-plus-qu-un-crime-c/) Joseph Fouche [Blunder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blunder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/749/joseph-fouche-67250_blunder_it-is-worse-that-a-crime-it-is-a-blunder_583873.png) > [The blood of criminals fertilises the soil of liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fouche/the-blood-of-criminals-fertilises-the-soil-of-liberty/) Joseph Fouche [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/joseph-fouche-67250_blood_the-blood-of-criminals-fertilises-the-so_647264.png) > [Death is an eternal sleep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fouche/death-is-an-eternal-sleep/) Joseph Fouche [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b44/joseph-fouche-67250_death_death-is-an-eternal-sleep-2241258_2241258.png) > [It is worse than a crime: it is amistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-fouche/it-is-worse-than-a-crime-it-is-amistake/) Joseph Fouche [Crime](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crime/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/joseph-fouche-67250_crime_it-is-worse-than-a-crime-it-is-amistake_2793439.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-fouche/#itemlist", "name": "Joseph Fouche Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is worse that a crime, it is a blunder. 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