Pauperism must be extinguished.

Il faut éteindre le paupérisme.

Napoleon III

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Napoleon III

French president and Second Empire emperor (1808-1873). Nephew of Napoleon I, he won the 1848 vote, took power by coup in 1851 and became emperor. He drove Haussmann's Paris and free trade, but lost Sedan in 1870.

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Source: 『貧困の根絶』(Extinction du paupérisme、1844年、アム要塞獄中執筆)。労働者階級保護とボナパルティズム社会改革論を結合させた書として6版まで版を重ねた。Verified

Napoleon III's Other Quotes

The Empire means peace.

The people are the strongest and most just of all forces. They hate servitude and extremism. They cannot be bribed. They always sense what is worthy of them.

The name of Napoleon is in itself an entire programme.

We shall be crushed.