“What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.” PeopleIfsNeedsShouldStatesDoneHomeBitsArmyWoodsFranceDirtyCoveredRepresentativesThronesVelvetGildedLinen Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Snow pursued by the wind is not wholly unlike a retreating army. In the open field it ranges itself in ranks and battalions; where it can get a foothold it makes a stand; where it can take cover it does so. You may see whole platoons of snow cowering behind a bit of broken wall.” MayDoeWholeBitsBehindsFieldsWindBrokenWallArmySnowRangePursuedOpen Fields Book:Can Such Things Be? Source: Can Such Things Be?
“Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl.” GivingFactsRunningBitsClassHistoryHumourBecomingArmyMereToneOfficersWarfareLower ClassSergeants Book:The Carpet People Source: The Carpet People
“Everybody has a little bit of Watergate in him.” LittlesBitsWaterHonestyLittle BitArmyFake PeopleWatergate Author:Billy Graham