Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or military:
“The Irish are a fair people; they never speak well of one another.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive factor; it is people, not things, that are decisive. The contest of strength is not only a contest of military and economic power, but also a contest of human power and morale. Military and economic power is necessarily wielded by people.”
—Mao Zedong (1893–1976)