We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.Īs Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.' The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill. I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me. The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat. Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.Īrthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, British general and Prime Minister Intellect is invisible to the man who has none. The most persistent sound which reverberates through man’s history is the beating of war drums.Īrthur Koestler, Hungarian Jewish author and polymath History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.
Wars are always fought for old men, by young boys. Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others. Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint. When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation.Īlexander Hamilton, US Secretary of the Treasury, economist, and political theorist Yours, Du CasseĪdmiral Jean du Casse, to Vice-Admiral John Benbow following the Action of August 2nd 1702 As for those cowardly captains who deserted you, hang them up, for by God they deserve it. Sir, I had little hopes on Monday last but to have supped in your cabin: but it pleased God to order it otherwise.
0 kommentar(er)
