"To have good soldiers, a nation must..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“You cannot treat with all the world at once.”

“A new-born Government must shine and astonish - the moment it loses its éclat it falls.”

“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.”

“Make sure that the beer - four pints a week - goes to the troops under fire before any of the parties in the rear get a drop.”

“The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.”

“I never expect a soldier to think.”

“Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called.”

“If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.”

“The constant free flow of communication amount us-enabling the free interchange of ideas-forms the very bloodstream of our nation. It keeps the mind and body of our democracy eternally vital, eternally young.”