Napoleon I of France Quote

China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes he will move the world.


Earliest attribution found in a book from 1893: 'It is said that Napoleon once remarked in regard to China: There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep.. '. A variant appears also in a book from 1888: 'Napoleon said that whoever moved China would move the world.'


China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes he will move the world.

China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes he will move the world.

China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes he will move the world.

China? There lies a sleeping giant. Let him sleep! For when he wakes he will move the world.