I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

No one knows how ungentlemanly he can look, until he has seen himself in a shocking bad hat.

— Robert Smith Surtees

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

— Duke of Wellington

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

— Duke of Wellington

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

— Duke of Wellington

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

— Duke of Wellington

The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.

— Duke of Wellington

If you think someone's trying too hard, that's the worst thing they can do. To me, it's just desperate, never funny and never witty.…

— John Waters

If the military might of Germany and Japan are ultimately to be crushed, the United Nations, one and all, must definitely and urgently strive…

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear from what total war…

— Rick Yancey

The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting.

— Sun Tzu

I am about to - or I am going to - die; either expression is correct.

— Dominique Bouhours

Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill.

— William Cowper

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in…

— George Washington

When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.

— Alexander Suvorov

Win with ability, not with numbers.

— Alexander Suvorov