Enemy Quote by A. J. P. Taylor Download Open image “Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.” — A. J. P. Taylor ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enemy Gentleman Offence Perfect Perfect gentleman Soldier
No man was ever a good soldier but the man who goes into the battle determined to conquer, or not to come back from… — Daniel O'Connell Copy Share Image
“a skillful soldier is not violent, an able fighter does not rage, a mighty conqueror does not give battle, a great commander is a… — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
Men in uniform are often described as serious, strict, firm and dangerous , but I would describe him as the sweetest, most gentle and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If being a perfect soldier meant continuing to follow any fucking order I was given, then I would have to settle for being a… — Stan Goff Copy Share Image
“A young man is the perfect soldier. He has great potential for aggression and a limited critical capacity—or none at all—with which to analyze it and judge how to channel it. Throughout history societies have found ways of using this store of aggression, turning their adolescents into soldiers, cannon fodder with which to conquer their neighbors or defend themselves against… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share
A good soldier is a blind, heartless, soulless, murderous machine. He is not a man. His is not a brute, for brutes kill only in self defense. All that is human in him, all that is divine in him, all that constitutes the man has been sworn away when he took the enlistment roll. His mind, his conscience, aye, his… — Jack London Copy Share
“A young man is the perfect soldier. He has great potential for aggression and a limited critical capacity - or none at all -… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“Soldiers, all men in fact, are natural hero worshipers. Officers with a flare for command realize this and emphasize in their conduct, dress and deportment the qualities they seek to produce in their men. When I was a second lieutenant I had a captain who was very sloppy and usually late yet he got after the men for just those… — Robert L. Moore Copy Share
“The good leader in war is not warlike The good fighter is not impetuous; The best conqueror of the enemy is he who never… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Human blunders usually do more to shape history than human wickedness. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the establishment and nothing more corrupting. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
One of the penalties of being president of the United States is that you must subsist for four years without drinking anything except Californian… — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
We learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour. — A. J. P. Taylor Copy Share Image
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Fear is a man's worst enemy, but love is a man's most powerful weapon against anything. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
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