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Napoleon Bonaparte
Age: 52 †
Born: 1769
Born: January 1
Died: 1821
Died: January 1
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Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoleon I
by the Grace of God and the Constitutions
Emperor of the French and King of Italy
Empereur des Français Napoléon I
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emperador dels francesos Napoleó I
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Emperador de Francia Napoleón I
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Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
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A Government protected by foreigners will never be accepted by a free people.
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If it had not been for the English I should have been emperor of the East, but wherever there is water to float a ship we are sure to find them in our way.
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I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness.
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There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.
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Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.
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I can no longer obey I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
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It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.
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Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.
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What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.
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