Napoleon Bonaparte

Westphalia, in 1648, and the Treaty of Vienna, which founded the European orders that succeeded the Thirty Years’ War, the Eighty Years’ War and the Napoleonic wars, respectively. The same was true of the attempt to establish the League of Nations after the First World War, and the creation of the United N

c of Costa Rica - wishes today to pay a well-deserved tribute to these dedicated guardians of peace. El Salvador has done its part. When in 1984 José Napoleon Duarte, the first freely elected President of El Salvador in more than 50 years took office, my Government set for itself a very clear and precise go

its leaders, A loss of identity end delusions of grandeur are not unknown phenomena. Psychiatric hospitals are full of patients who believe they are Napoleon or Superman and demand to be treated accordingly. It is difficult to deal with such people; it is impossible to please them. Nothing, however, can co

e I have the Esquipulas Agreement, and here are the signatures of the five Central American Presidents: President Oscar Arias Sanchez, President Jose Napoleon Duarte, President Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo, President Jose Azcona Hoyos, and myself. Our Eive signatures are right here; President Reagan's is not. If

Government has had to fight on many fronts - national and international. The tenacity and historic endeavours of the Government, under President Jose Napoleon Duarte, have been reflected in a series of measures and achievements ranging from the struggle for respect for human rights to full freedom of politi

ities still take pride in their resistance against Hitler's aggression; Moscow still prides itself on a self-burning that astonished and disappointed Napoleon's army and Leningrad on its four-year-long resistance when besieged by the Nazi invaders. The United Nations in particular has an obligation, accordi

I am sure will never deny its recognition to the peoples who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for peace. El Salvador has changed. Even when Jose Napoleon Duarte first took over as President, we were aware of the great efforts and sacrifices that would be needed to develop a democracy in the particular

situation in Central America has received great attention in the international community in recent years. That is why, at this time, as did Mi. Jose Napoleon Duarte, the constitutional President of the Republic of El Salvador, in 1984, I believe it appropriate and very important to present and clarify befo

an international upheaval which deserves the unanimous condemnation of the international community. The daughter of the President of El Salvador, Mr. Napoleon Duarte, has become the victim of a kidnapping. The pressure of the crime of terrorism has gone so far as to involve the most personal feelings of a L

r, are today present or potential victims of this irrational scourge. The recent kidnapping of the daughter of the President of El Salvador, Mr. Jose Napoleon Duarte, constitutes another dramatic link in this bitter chain of barbarism.

n, there are three civilian Governments that have been elected by the people, and there is talk of holding elections in the other countries. 53. Jose Napoleon Duarte became President of El Salvador as a result of two free processes of consultation with the people. Those processes, held under the critical ey

In the eleventh century the area was exposed to colonialist invasions called the Crusades. The Napoleonic expedition was another version, followed by frequent resort to military threats in the nineteenth century, especially during the events in Lebanon

nd of Spain, accompanied the President of Honduras, General Policarpo Paz Garcia, and two members "Of the civilian military junta of El Salvador, Mr. Napoleon Duarte and Colonel Abdul Gutierrez, in that historic event that demonstrated to the world that a frank and sincere dialog and the rules and principle

ze war on Central American soil. El Salvador could relive the tragedy of Spain. 109. My Government has offered support to the Government of President Napoleon Duarte on the basis of its solemn promise to allow the Salvadorian people to elect their Government. This is done in support of freedom and peace, an

of a victory at arms. Greek philosophy came to dominate the Roman conqueror. The law born in Rome came to be accepted by the invading barbarians. The Napoleonic Code and the principles of 1789 survived even after Waterloo. If such was the case in the past, today, in this second half of the twentieth century

he Carthaginians; there was Spartacus against the masters of the slaves, Vercingetorix against the Romans, the Spanish patriots against the armies of Napoleon; there were the partisans throughout Europe, the "soldiers of the night" against nazism to whom Andre Malraux referred. 265.

peedy and just administration of justice. 147. But we did not stop there. The Republic of Bolivar and Sucre was living under the ancient codes of the Napoleonic law proclaimed by Marshal Andres de Santa Cruz, whose name they bear. But in a spirit of juridical renaissance, President Banzer has just prepared

happy to contribute to his election, recalling the significant gesture of the Polish battalion which, arriving in the colony of Santo Domingo with a Napoleonic expedition under the orders of General Leclerc, refused to bear arms against the Negroes of Haiti, who were fighting fiercely for their freedom and

feating the Spanish and English forces summoned to the rescue by the Great Whites, after driving into the sea the 25,000 soldiers of General Leclerc, Napoleon Bonapart’s own brother-in-law, recruited from the most seasoned battalions of the Italian campaign — think how our Republic was forced to develop ove

legal title to ill-gotten territory, but also because it enhanced the prestige of nations and leaders. Genghis Kahn, Alexander, Caesar, Hannibal and Napoleon are good examples throughout the ages of men for whom war, in a sense, secured their place in history. But times have changed and with them the weapo

nly about past history or refer only to the work that has been done. I wish also, and this is the most important, to announce future action. Although Napoleon defined a politician as "a merchant of hope", I am not going to make some vague illusions; rather I shall explain to you the positive measures which,

heir homeland. At the present time, our country is marking the 150th anniversary of the rout of the army, till then apparently invincible, with which Napoleon invaded Russia.

Haiti was first recognized as a free and sovereign State through the exchange of duly accredited diplomatic representatives. 26. After a war in which Napoleon Bonaparte's troops attempted to crush the general revolt of the slaves of Santo Domingo, after toe Republic of Haiti’s war of independence (which I w

nscience, tries to justify it by the old saw of preserving peace by the preparing for war. History is a sufficient reminder of how the empires of the Napoleons of every age came to an end. 14. The important meetings to which I refer are present proof that reason and wisdom can work a miracle, that men are n

explain why every year so far we have been fastening upon the Middle East. 62. The first underlying phenomenon is the impact of the West. Ever since Napoleon's adventure in Egypt a century and a half ago, Western economic, social, political, educational and even philosophical ideas have been penetrating th

o are demanding independence. This sentiment, however, springs from the heart and should not overcast the mind. May I recall, gentlemen, the words of Napoleon: “Le coeur d’un homme d’Etat doit être dans sa tête”. 8. Thus it would appear that the role of the United Nations is to avoid premature actions which

tant brothers in Asia. 34. Liberty is beset by dangers and pitfalls. Our fathers won it in difficult times, when England and Spain were united in the Napoleonic wars and American diplomacy was to a certain extent paralysed.

ve purposes, aggressive States united to carry out their expansionist plans. Can it be said perhaps that the Holy Alliance, created after the fall of Napoleon I’s Empire, in order, as the act of alliance said, that the parties thereto should “lend each other aid and assistance”, was not an aggressive combin

nwittingly, we have gone directly from the Second World War to the cold war without enjoying a period of peace. 5. When we recall that the era of the Napoleonic wars, which lasted for twenty-three years, came to an end with the treaties of Paris and Vienna, concluded within the short period of two years, an

Many conquerors had attempted the same thing: Alexander the Great, Caesar, Napoleon, Kaiser William II and Hitler. The student of human history would realize, unfortunately, that humanity had not advanced a single step towards moral

, in the memorable speech which he made from this platform reminded us of the Congress of Vienna and the Holy Alliance, which were the outcome of the Napoleonic wars. The outcome of the most terrible of wars, from which we are now emerging, was on the other hand, Dumbarton Oaks.