Duke of Wellington
Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS, was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoléon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's military heroes. In 2002, he was number 14 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPublic Servant
Duke of Wellington quotes about
mistake army men
When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.
memorial-day war one-day
If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
attributes spots battlefields
I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself
scum-of-the-earth history soldier
The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.
mistake has-beens
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
cowardice resorts rashness
Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.
cannons manifestos
There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
heavy get-over
Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.
manners small-talk
I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.
errors haste sequence
Error is ever the sequence of haste.