What is a throne? — a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state — I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done… - Napoleon
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What is a throne? — a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state — I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public — people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.
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
concentration of strength, activity, and a firm resolve to perish gloriously.
You have already been informed of my arrival on the borders of the Red Sea, with an innumerable and invincible Army, full of the desire of delivering you from the iron yoke of England. I eagerly embrace this opportunity of testifying to you the desire I have of being informed by you, by the way of Muscat and Mocha, as to your political situation. I would even wish you could send some intelligent person to Suez or Cairo, possessing your confidence, with whom I may confer. May the Almighty increase your power and destroy your enemies.
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