William Bligh

The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force. William Bligh All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented [...]

Charles A. Beckwith

My men and I have decided that our boss, the president of the United States, is as tough as woodpecker lips. Charles A. Beckwith

Rand Beers

You can’t succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected. Rand Beers The precondition to freedom is security. Rand Beers I was deposed in association with a case involving the Golden Venture, a ship which smuggled Chinese aliens into the United States about eight or nine ago. [...]

James Barron

It was hard to make fun of him because he seemed to have so much fun making fun of himself. James Barron

Joshua Barney

I want to go to sea. Joshua Barney

Harry Banks

If at first you do succeed – try to hide your astonishment. Harry Banks

Robert Anderson

In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage. Robert Anderson The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of [...]

Robert Baden-Powell

The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself. Robert Baden-Powell A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim. Robert Baden-Powell See things from the boy’s point of view. Robert Baden-Powell Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. Robert Baden-Powell We never fail when we [...]

Douglas Bader

Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men. Douglas Bader The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping. Douglas Bader We were all flying around up and down the coast [...]

Smedley Butler

War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. Smedley Butler My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military. [...]

John Byng

I do not send their Lordships the particulars of our losses and damages by this, as it would take me much time; and I am willing none should be lost in letting them know an event of such consequence. John Byng The enemy now began to appear from the mast-head. John Byng By this time [...]

Michel Aoun

Any existence deprived of freedom is a kind of death. Michel Aoun

Lord Amherst

There are three easy ways of losing money – racing is the quickest, women the most pleasant, and farming the most certain. Lord Amherst

Wilhelm Canaris

I have a clear conscience. Wilhelm Canaris I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler. Wilhelm Canaris

George Armstrong Custer

You ask me if I will not be glad when the last battle is fought, so far as the country is concerned I, of course, must wish for peace, and will be glad when the war is ended, but if I answer for myself alone, I must say that I shall regret to see the [...]

Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

It is never very crowded at the front. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it. Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.

John Abizaid

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable. John Abizaid Oh, the transition concerns me because as we move towards an important political event, it’s clear to me that the terrorists and insurgents will move as hard as they can to disrupt this process. John Abizaid Well, the hardest thing to do, as we [...]

Scipio Africanus

I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 96% how I react to it. Scipio Africanus I’m never less at leisure than when at leisure, or less alone than when alone. Scipio Africanus It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought. Scipio Africanus

Creighton Abrams

You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening. Creighton Abrams When eating an elephant take one bite at a time. Creighton Abrams