Napoleon Bonaparte III

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    The army is the true nobility of our country.
    Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)

    The Empress is Legitimist, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he is mad.
    Napoleon Bonaparte III (1808–1873)

    I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.
    Bill Cosby (20th century)

    As to moral courage, I have rarely met with two o’clock in the morning courage; I mean instantaneous courage.
    —Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)

    Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.
    —George III (1738–1820)