Napoleon's Military Qualities

As Napoleon made many great military decisions, respected religion, and created the Napoleonic Code to protect the rights of the people, to preserve liberty, equality, and fraternity, it shows that he did defend the ideals of the revolution. Napoleon was seen as a great leader, and his lengthy reign gives us clues to his ambition and power represented throughout his reign. The main aspects of the qualities he focused on, were that he preserved individual rights to religion, protected the middle class and guaranteed civil liberties, and created a strong education system.

One of Napoleon’s great leadership qualities, his military decisions, were discovered when he invaded Italy. He gave an unforgettable speech to his troops. He said to “respect

People felt that they had the right to practice their religion, and also support their ruler in the religion he followed. Napoleon stated that “Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich,” and here he mentions the act of murder. Napoleon started his reign, as soon as the French Revolution ended. The French Revolution consisted of nonbelievers and the guilty getting their heads chopped off in the guillotine. This horrible act would also be known as murder, as it was a unique way of killing a person. By his statement, it is seen that Napoleon had two main views on religion. He was for believing in God, but he also thought of it as a way to protect each class, and keeping them from starting fights and killing each other. He looked at religion as a way to protect the acts of murder from happening. One of the main reforms he instituted was freedom of worship, which allowed any religion to be considered equal to

Napoleon created the Code, which granted equality to all of the male citizens and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Though women and children were left out, they also had rights to follow, of their own. For example, men were allowed to be with any woman, but women could not cheat on their husband, and this showed that women were more obedient and respectful. Though women would end up with broken hearts’ it gave them pride and dignity, to show that they either could find a better man or didn’t need them at all. It also gave laws that restricted political rights and freedom of press. Though none of the reforms on the Napoleonic Code applied to Napoleon himself, it allowed the nation to stay together, avoiding violence. Napoleon was a ruler after all, and someone needed to be in charge of the French. By abiding by a different set of rules, and not the Code he created, he showed the nation that the rules he created were essential for creating a proper society. It demonstrated that the Code he created wasn’t based on rights he should have for himself, and that he put in his thoughts into becoming a better society, while creating the Code. The Napoleonic Code taught everyone to find their own dignity and pride through their own perspective. Other than the Code, Napoleon had