The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
Uses derogatory language to describe recruits.
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
Quelle atroce invention que celle du bourgeois, n'est-ce pas?
Everything you say, Reichenau, is totally unmilitaristic.
You have got to purge the army at the top. It will have to be a drastic purge, because the spirit of the British Army has to be regained. We have in this count…