Famous quotes containing the words regiment, foot, irish and/or service:
“We had an inspection today of the brigade. The Twenty-third was pronounced the crack regiment in appearance, ... [but] I could see only six to ten in a company of the old men. They all smiled as I rode by. But as I passed away I couldn’t help dropping a few natural tears. I felt as I did when I saw them mustered in at Camp Chase.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“An inch of time is worth more than a foot of jade.”
—Chinese proverb.
“But Irish had an old soul, you might say. He was a man with a great future behind him, already.”
—Angela Carter (1940–1992)
“In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate.”
—Pierre Corneille (1606–1684)