Good thing Quote by Voltaire

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

An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.

— Voltaire

In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

— Voltaire

In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral…

— Voltaire

From Day One, I've told [my troops] that killing is not wrong if it's for a purpose, if it's to keep your nation free…

— Douglas A. Zembiec

A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake.

— Lord Randolph Churchill

Admirals and Generals always want more ships and more weapons and they take the arguments where they can find them.

— Helmut Schmidt

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the…

— Terry Pratchett

It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms.

— Robert Hamer

It is not the willingness to kill on the part of our soldiers which most concerns me. That is an inherent part of war.…

— Charles Lindbergh

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

— William Cowper