Quotes by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Educate people without religion and you make them but clever devils. >>

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals. >>

We have in the service the scum of the earth as common soldiers. >>

Quotations about Army and Navy

History shows that there are no invincible armies. >>

'Tis the soldier's life to have their balmy slumbers waked with strife >>

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the >>

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they terrify me.

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington