Famous quotes containing the words wars, war, britain and/or france:
“I will not by the noise of bloody wars and the dethroning of kings advance you to glory: but by the gentle ways of peace and love.”
—Thomas Traherne (1636–1674)
“All war represents a failure of diplomacy.”
—Tony Benn (b. 1925)
“Hath Britain all the sun that shines? day? night?
Are they not but in Britain?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you that was important.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)