Yes, that came directly from the Empress herself, in her autobiography
Dummies, Diapers, Dimwits, and Foreign Bimbos or My Marriage to Emperor Napoleon III. That particular quote came from when she and Louis went on Dr. Phil
.
Dr. Phil: "Eugenie, there's someone waiting in the back room
right now. Nappy, would you come out?"
*Louis comes walks out accompanied by several Polish prostitutes and Eugenie drops a few f bombs*
Louis: "What's
SHE doing here?!"
Napoleon would have been defeated eventually. Why? Because he fought war for the sake of fighting war. He had one of the
greatest statesmen in history on his side but still couldn't stay out of conflict.
Who was also one of the greatest snake oil salesmen in history.

"S*** in a silk stocking," remember? He was essentially a monarchist usurper. Plus, most other countries refused to make peace with him because he was disturbing the old order.