Napoleonic Wars/war Between Britain and France 1803%e2%80%931814

Famous quotes containing the words wars, war, britain and/or france:

    Nations like the Cuban and the Swiss
    Can never hope to wage a Global Mission.
    No Holy Wars for them. The most the small
    Can ever give us is a nuisance brawl.
    Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    There never was a good war or a bad peace.
    Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790)

    Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be “too clever by half.” The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
    John Major (b. 1943)

    Springtime for Hitler and Germany,
    Winter for France and Poland.
    Mel Brooks (b. 1926)