L’Empire, c’est la paix (associated with Napoleon III)

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"L’Empire, c’est la paix" is a famous political slogan of Napoleon III expressing his claim that the stability and authority of his empire would guarantee peace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political slogan
quotation
associatedWith French imperial propaganda
Second French Empire
author Napoleon III
countryOfOrigin France
hasForm memorable slogan
short phrase
hasPerspective peace through strong centralized authority
hasSubject authoritarian stability
empire
peace
political legitimacy
ideologicalRole legitimization of the Second French Empire
presentation of empire as guarantor of peace
language French
meaning The Empire is peace
notableFor association with Napoleon III
expression of imperial peace doctrine
originalLanguage French
politicalContext European balance of power
French domestic politics
politicalPosition pro-empire
rhetoricalFunction creation of a reassuring image of empire
simplification of complex foreign policy claims
timePeriod 19th century
reign of Napoleon III
usedFor justification of imperial rule
political persuasion
public reassurance

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
House of Bonaparte
motto

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