Admiral Quote by Voltaire Download Open image “An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.” — Voltaire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Admiral Death Now and then Peace Should War
In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“Fisher said, “to be a good admiral, a man does not need to be a good sailor. That’s a common mistake. He needs good… — Gilbert Andrew Hugh Gordon Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
“n the Navy, an admiral told me once that you take the information you have and make the best decision you know how. Sometimes… — Andrew Grey Copy Share Image
The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may… — William Falconer Copy Share Image
Sailors, with their built in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world. — Nicholas Monsarrat Copy Share Image
The world is in dreadful need of men who will assume the new leadership - who will have the courage of their own visions… — Hendrik Willem van Loon Copy Share Image
A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as… — John Paul Jones Copy Share Image
“Building a naval power takes generations, not so much to develop the necessary technology as to pass along the accumulated experience that creates good… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Fanaticism, to which men are so much inclined, has always served not only to render them more brutalized but more wicked. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part, the rest are lost in the multitude. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Meslier was the most singular phenomenon ever seen among all the meteors fatal to the Christian religion. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them — Voltaire Copy Share Image
When his highness sends a ship to Egypt, does he trouble his head whether the mice on board are at their ease or not? — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it was the… — Holland Smith Copy Share Image
Admirals extolled for standing still, or doing nothing with a deal of skill. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
I do want to say that I was just endorsed - and more are coming next week - it will be over 200 admirals,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Thanks be to God," says the Admiral, "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
As president, I wouldn't be making the day-to-day combat decisions. The job of the commander-in-chief is to lay the objective out and then you… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
There aren't any great men. There are just great challenges that ordinary men like you and me are forced by circumstances to meet. — William Halsey Copy Share Image
Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. — Chester W. Nimitz Copy Share Image
Ford used to come to work in a big car with two Admiral's flags, on each side of the car. His assistant would be… — Richard Widmark Copy Share Image
I call my dad 'Admiral Ass Hat,' he doesn't really think it's funny. — Jay Crownover Copy Share Image
