Addresses Quote by Duke of Wellington

“There was no response. Soon afterward, a skiff flying the Spanish flag approached the Charleston. Two Spanish officers came aboard and apologized for not…

— Stephen Kinzer

I don't speak Portuguese.

— Ben White

Stillertook part in the Spanish Civil WarIt is not clear what impelled him to this military gesture. Probably many factors were combined--a rather romantic…

— Max Frisch

Gentlemen, do you know what is the finest speech that I ever in my life heard or read? It is the address of Garibaldi…

— Lajos Kossuth

“My nation is the Portuguese language,’ he declared through Bernardo Soares (Text 259), but he also said: ‘I don’t write in Portuguese. I write…

— Fernando Pessoa

All of a sudden, making a Spanish-American War joke. I think you sort of had to go to probably to an American high school…

— David Mandel

“If you ain't in the battle, don't comment on the war.”

— Chuck D

When you hear Portuguese, if you're listening fleetingly, it's as if you're hearing Russian, which never happens with Spanish. Because the Portuguese and the…

— Gregory Rabassa

“There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once…

— George S. Patton

“I was mentally prepared to sustain serious injury or death, but before that day I never contemplated the reality of being captured by the…

— Omanson, Oliver

What battle has ever been won by staying in camp and talking to your fellow soldier?

— Dana Loesch

“Quiet down! You're supposed to be dead!" snapped a passing Union soldier. "This is a private conversation," Margaret snapped back. "This is a battle,"…

— Kristan Higgins