French Troops

Famous quotes containing the words french and/or troops:

“The French are certainly misunderstood:Mbut whether the fault is theirs, in not sufficiently explaining themselves; or speaking with that exact limitation and precision which one would expect ... or whether the fault may not be altogether on our side ... I shall not decide.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

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