Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they’re the people you have to kill, aren’t they? John Keegan Read Quote
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can’t compromise. It’s unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it’s been done. John Keegan Read Quote
I don’t think that what’s going on in Bosnia is political activity. It’s partly political, but it’s partly atavistic as well. John Keegan Read Quote
It’s commonly said that people who’ve been ill in childhood and who’ve had an upset education never really regret that they do. It means that you don’t look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that’s a help. John Keegan Read Quote
If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman. John Keegan Read Quote
The Islam of the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century was a poor thing. Nobody bothered about it. Islam was that funny sort of pure system of beliefs that depressed people in the Middle East held as their religion. John Keegan Read Quote
The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they’d fallen compared with the West. John Keegan Read Quote
I don’t look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university. John Keegan Read Quote
The great Chinese classics have always said that it’s better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought. John Keegan Read Quote
