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There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
— Duke Of Wellington
I have seen their backs before.
— Duke Of Wellington
I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.
— Duke Of Wellington
A great country cannot wage a little war.
— Duke Of Wellington
An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.
— Duke Of Wellington
I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.
— Duke Of Wellington
The scum of the earth ... but what fine soldiers we have made them.
— Duke Of Wellington
During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese!
— Duke Of Wellington
A great country can have no such thing as a little war.
— Duke Of Wellington
When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.
— Duke Of Wellington
If you believe that you will believe anything.
— Duke Of Wellington
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
— Duke Of Wellington
There is nothing so dreadful as a great victoryexcept a great defeat. — Duke Of Wellington
Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.
— Duke Of Wellington
Error is ever the sequence of haste.
— Duke Of Wellington
The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.
— Duke Of Wellington
Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
— Duke Of Wellington
What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!
— Duke Of Wellington
I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.
— Duke Of Wellington
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
— Duke Of Wellington
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The poor old Duke [of Wellington]! What shall I say of him? To be sure he was born in Ireland, but being born in a stable does not make a man a horse.
— Daniel O'Connell
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
— Duke Of Wellington
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.
— Duke Of Wellington
The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.
— Duke Of Wellington
Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.
— Duke Of Wellington
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
— Duke Of Wellington
My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
— Duke Of Wellington
As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'
— Duke Of Wellington
The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.
— Duke Of Wellington
God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.
— Duke Of Wellington
The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.
— Benjamin Disraeli
I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain. — Duke Of Wellington
I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself
— Duke Of Wellington
To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound
— Duke Of Wellington
Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.
— Duke Of Wellington
Sirs, if it were not for that one red spot I would have conquered the world!!!
— Napoleon Bonaparte
A great country ought not to make little wars.
— Duke Of Wellington
Always make water when you can.
— Duke Of Wellington
Yes, about ten minutes.
— Duke Of Wellington
I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.
— Duke Of Wellington
I used to say of Napoleon that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
— Duke Of Wellington
You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so ... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.
— Duke Of Wellington
Oh," said the Duke of Wellington, not much interested, "they are still complaining about that, are they?
— Susanna Clarke
There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.
— Duke Of Wellington
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
— Duke Of Wellington
Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.
— Duke Of Wellington
When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.
— Duke Of Wellington
