Napoleon1769–1821The quotations of
Napoleon
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815
1769–1821
48 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Leadership and Courage.
- Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848), p. 248
- Memoirs of Napoleon (1829-1831)
- 3 September 1816. Quoted in Napoleon at St Helena, John Stevens Cabot Abbott, pg 375.
A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.
Political Aphorisms, Moral and Philosophical Thoughts (1848)I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances.
Conversation with Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (11 November 1816), Mémorial de Sainte Hélène, v. 4, p. 133.
