Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes
My policy is victory.
Napoleon Bonaparte Bonaparte, 1769-1821, [Napoleon Bonaparte], Military leader and Emperor of France, Quoted on The History Channel, Pawn Stars, June 8, 2014
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See Prince Otto von Bismarck-Schoenhausen {632620} for a similar focus on "iron and blood". This is no coincidence as Lindemann had been the Captain of the Battleship Bismarck.
The General refused. He had already achieved a strategic victory and it was only a matter of time when the Dutch would withdraw on their own as their supply lines were cut off and the populations wanted them out.
Barry Goldwater in the 20th century used a variation of this quotation. See {601784}.
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.
