Revolutionary War General

Famous quotes containing the words war and/or general:

    You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.
    Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    As a general rule, do not kick the shins of the opposite gentleman under the table, if personally unaquainted with him; your pleasantry is liable to be misunderstood—a circumstance at all times unpleasant.
    Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)