Irish Troops

Famous quotes containing the words irish and/or troops:

“O Paddy dear, an’ did ye hear the news that’s goin’ round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick’s Day we’ll keep, his colour can’t be seen,
For there’s a cruel law agin the wearin’ o’ the Green!”
—Unknown. The Wearing of the Green (l. 37–40)

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