Quote of the day III

Those are great, MontE!

Thanks for sharing them!

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-Lou

 

Lying, as we all know, does not take place only in war-time. Man, it has been said, is not "a veridical animal," but his habit of lying is not nearly so extraordinary as his amazing readiness to believe.
-Sir Arthur Ponsonby

 

"If it hadn't been for those damned Yanks we could have kept the war going for another ten years!"

'Mad Jack' Churchill, after the dropping of the A-Bombs ended the war before he was ready.

Jack Churchill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WWII History Magazine - Column "Profiles" July 2005

 

That's GOT to be my favorite!

-whatever

-Lou

 

"Yes, and they went down very well too. " - The Duke of Wellington's retort to a comment on how very well French cavalry had come up at Waterloo.

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Uxbridge: "I have lost my leg, by God!"
Wellington:"By God, and have you!" - Also at Waterloo !!

 

A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

Chester W. Nimitz

 

"I have pissed in the Rhine, now send me gas!" - George Patton

 

LOL

 

"If we've lived only for twelve years, we have lived decorous."

Göring during the Nuremberg trials

 

"Whatever the reason -- whether Hitler thought he might get away with what he had got without fighting for it, or whether it was that after all the preparations were not sufficiently complete -- however, one thing is certain, he missed the bus." - Neville Chamberlain

 

"Nice chap. No soldier."

-Monty, referring to Ike (they didn't like each other very much!)

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-Lou

 

*Never draw fire: it irritates everyone around you
*Incomming fire has the right of way
*If the enemy is within range; so are you
*The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire
*Anthing you do can get you killed, including doing nothing
*Experienced soldiers are predictable; the world if full of dangerous amateurs
*Mines are equal opportunity weapons
*Snipers's motto: reach out and touch someone.
*When in doubt, empty your magazine

"Murphy's Laws of Combat" Part II

 

"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."

General Heinz Guderian ca 1944-45

 

"Wherever you have an efficient Government, you have a Dictatorship."

Harry S. Truman

 

Don't forget what I discovered that over ninety percent of all national deficits from 1921 to 1939 were caused by payments for past, present, and future wars.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

"Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement."

Dan Quayle

 

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber."

Plato

 

'I will bet you a Monkey to a Mousetrap that the Russians are still fighting and fighting victoriously, two years from now.'"

Winston Churchill on June 22 1941

 

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."
- General George S. Patton, Jr

"Nuts"
- General MacAuliffe (when asked to surrender during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944)

 

adolf hitler . what we have we shall hold
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