We shall be crushed.

Nous serons écrasés.

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: 1870年7月、普仏戦争開戦直前の私的発言として皇后ウジェニーと側近の証言に残る。フランス軍の準備不足を自覚しながら、ウジェニーや世論に押されて宣戦布告に至った彼の悲観的予感の言葉。Unverified

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.

Pauperism must be extinguished.

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