Jean Baptiste Bernadotte

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    Napoleon has not been conquered by men. He was greater than any of us. God punished him because he relied solely on his own intelligence until that incredible instrument was so strained that it broke.
    —Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)

    The ancients, sir, are the ancients, and we are the people of today.
    Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)

    A Republican by principle and devotion, I will, until my death, oppose all Royalists ... and all enemies of my Government and the Republic.
    —Jean Baptiste Bernadotte (1763–1844)