"Only the dead have seen the end of war"
--Plato
Oliver Cromwell:
“you have been sat to long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, i say, and let us have done with you. In the name of god, go!.”
Addressing the rump parliament. April 1653.
Also repeated to Chamberlain in 1940 but forget which MP did so.
Re the "nuts" quote; sounds very similar to the French Napoleanic Old Guard who defending the retreat at Waterloo and surrounded by Anglo- Prussians when asked for their surrender replied: "Merde!"
A ship is referred to as a she because it cost so much to keep one in paint and powder - Chester Nimitz
Captain Blackadder saying to private Baldrick
Baldrick.....were in a very sticky situation......I stickiest situation since sticky the stick insect got stuck on a sticky bun......
Sometimes, the worst thing about Nazis is that they speak the truth.“Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”
-Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg Trials
"There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today," -Admiral David Beatty, after 2 battlecruisers were sunk @ Jutland.
Leo AmeryOriginally Posted by snapper
War does not determine who is right - only who is left. ~Bertrand Russell
Si vis pacem, para bellum
To secure peace means to prepare for war - Metallica
No such thing as a good tax - Churchill
To make mistakes is human. To blame someone else for your mistake, is strategic.
Oh, Oh!
20 months.....I sense a a certain Gunny lurking!
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is to know to not use it in a fruit salad.
Who said that one?
Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.
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