Quote #3

I am conscious of having served England as I served my own country.

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  1. The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.
  2. A radish will never stand in the way of victory.
  3. Mon centre cede, ma droite recule, situation excellente, j'attaque.
  4. This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years.
  5. In tactics, action is the governing rule of war.
  6. One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows.
  7. The laurels of victory are at the point of the enemy bayonets. They must be plucked there; they must be carried by a hand-to-hand fight if …
  8. A beaten general is disgraced forever.

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