Duke of Wellington Quotes About Earth

Quotes about: Earth

• Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

  Duke of Wellington

  Army, Scum Of The Earth, Waterloo

  Quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1888) (entry for 4 Nov. 1831)

• The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

  Duke of Wellington

  Scum Of The Earth, History, Soldier

• There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.

  Duke of Wellington

  War, Stupid, Earth

• The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.

  Duke of Wellington

  Scum Of The Earth, Class, Together

  Speaking about soldiers in the British Army, November 04, 1813.

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