Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes About War
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Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war
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Unity of command is essential to the economy of time. Warfare in the field was like a siege: by directing all one's force to a single point a breach might be made, and the equilibrium of opposition destroyed.
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You cannot stop me; I spend thirty thousand men a month.
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An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.
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Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
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Great battles are won with artillery.
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One bad general is worth two good ones.
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The art of land warfare is an art of genius, of inspiration. On the sea nothing is genius or inspiration; everything is positive or empiric.
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He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
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In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.
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War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.
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At the head of an army, nothing is more becoming than simplicity.
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Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
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In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.
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Artillery is more essential to cavalry than to infantry, because cavalry has no fire for its defence, but depends on the sabre.
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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.
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When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!
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An army marches on its stomach.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.
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Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.
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War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
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There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body. I try to crush it, confident that secondary matters will then settle themselves.
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It is the business of cavalry to follow up the victory, and to prevent the beaten army from rallying.
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The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
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In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle.
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In war, three-quarters turns on personal character and relations; the balance of manpower and materials counts only for the remaining quarter.
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Unavailable wars are always just.
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If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.
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War is not at all such a difficult art as people think. . . . In reality it would seem that he is vanquished who is afraid of his adversary and the the whole secret lies in that.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
- Born: August 15, 1769
- Died: May 5, 1821
- Occupation: Military Commander
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