Famous quotes containing the words military, history and/or rebellion:
“In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
“Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
—Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)
“Scholars planning a rebellion could never succeed even in three years.”
—Chinese proverb.