Napoleon III Quotes
Usually, it is man who attacks; as for me, I defend myself, and I often capitulate.
Citations
Bresler, Fenton. Napoleon III: A Life. Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1999, p. 265.
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Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew of Napoleon I, he was the last monarch to reign over France. First elected to the presidency of the Second Republic in 1848, he seized power by force in 1851, when he could not constitutionally be reelected; he later proclaimed himself Emperor of the French.