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 More Quotes by Duke of Wellington More Quotes From 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 battlemenwar The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat. Duke of Wellington militarysoldierwar Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can. Duke of Wellington get-overheavy There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat. Duke of Wellington great-victorydefeatvictory When my journal appears, many statues must come down. Duke of Wellington statueslegacyjournal The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill. Duke of Wellington sideswarart The only thing I am afraid of is fear. Duke of Wellington total-warfearwar Error is ever the sequence of haste. Duke of Wellington sequencehasteerrors There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer. Duke of Wellington stupidearthwar God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself. Duke of Wellington madcrazyenemy I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself Duke of Wellington battlefieldsspotsattributes My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. Duke of Wellington lossheartbelieve As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal. Duke of Wellington bornanimalmen Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were. Duke of Wellington troopscourageenemy The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast. Duke of Wellington war A great country can have no such thing as a little war. Duke of Wellington littleswarcountry I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff. Duke of Wellington infamousarmyweak The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance. Duke of Wellington differencesbattleorder The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them. Duke of Wellington scum-of-the-earthsoldierhistory The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. Duke of Wellington etonbattlefields
