Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Bonaparte, Napoleon. Correspondance de Napoléon Ier. Vol. 32, Henri Plon, 1870, p. 487.
This Quotation is inscribed on the Atatürk Memorial in Turakena Bay, Gallipoli and at the Kemal Atatürk Memorial, Canberra, Australia. Most of the Allied casualties at Gallipoli were Australians. Few nations have memorialized enemy troops with the same dignity and respect as their own dead heroes as Ataturk did—another unusual action of this great statesman.
Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader of Corsican descent. He rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Napoleon dominated European and global affairs for more than a decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars. He won most of these wars and the vast majority of his battles, building a large empire that ruled over continental Europe before its final collapse in 1815. One of the greatest commanders in history, his wars and campaigns are studied at military schools worldwide. He remains one of the most celebrated and controversial political figures in human history.