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Famous Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
“When defending itself against another country, a nation never lacks men, but too often, soldiers.”
“It is not set speeches at the moment of battle that render soldiers brave.”
“Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.”
“I love a brave soldier who has undergone the baptism of fire.”
“In time of revolution, with perseverance and courage, a soldier should think nothing impossible.”
“An Emperor confides in national soldiers, not in mercenaries.”
“Revolutions are good times for soldiers of talent and courage.”
“Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!”
“Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.”
“The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.”
“The unwilling soldier will do anything to fight for a useless fabric piece of ribbon.”
“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
“Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.”
“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”
“When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.”
“I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers”
“Every French soldier carriers a marshal's baton in his knapsack.”