General Sir Richard

Famous quotes containing the words sir richard, general and/or sir:

    “At Flores in the Azores Sir Richard Grenville lay,
    And a pinnace, like a fluttered bird, came flying from far away:
    ‘Spanish ships of war at sea! we have sighted fifty-three!’”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “The general will is always right.”
    —Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

    “Secrecy is the badge of fraud.”
    —John, Sir Chadwick (b. 1941)