Admiral Von Spee

Famous quotes containing the words admiral and/or von:

    In this country it is a good thing to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.
    Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)

    The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one.
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)