Quotes by Burke, Edmund

Applaud us when we run, Console us when we fall, Cheer us when we reco >>

Great men are the guideposts and landmarks in the state. >>

The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; b >>

Quotations about Army and Navy

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by G >>

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because the >>

There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, sel >>

In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things.

Burke, Edmund