British Troops

Famous quotes containing the words british and/or troops:

“The inhabitants of St. John’s and vicinity are described by an English traveler as “singularly unprepossessing,” and before completing his period he adds, “besides, they are generally very much disaffected to the British crown.” I suspect that that “besides” should have been a “because.””
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)