Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French military general who rose dramatically up the ranks of the French Army during the French Revolution, becoming the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic (11 November 1799 - 18 May 1804), and then Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I (18 May 1804 - 6 April 1814, and again briefly from 20 March - 22 June 1815). He died in exile on the island of Saint Helena.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
Napulione Buonaparte
Alternative Names:
Napoléon Bonaparte
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Napoleone di Buonaparte
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Empereur des Français Napoléon I
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Napoleon Buonaparte
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Napoleone Bonaparte
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Napoleone Buonaparte
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Napoleon I
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the Corsican Napolean
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The Little Corporal
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Napulione di Buonaparte
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Napoleon I of France
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Napoleone I
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Little Corporal
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Emperador dels Francesos Napoleó I
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Under a good administration, the Nile gains on the desert. Under a bad one, the desert gains on the Nile.
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
Well, then, had I been at Martinique, I should also have been on the side of the English, because above all things it is necessary to save one's life. I am for the whites, because I am white; I have no other reason, yet that is reason good enough. How was it possible to grant liberty to the Africans, to men without any kind of civilization, who did not even know what a colony meant, or that there was such a place as France?