Famous quotes containing the words spanish and/or troops:
“The French courage proceeds from vanity—the German from phlegm—the Turkish from fanaticism & opium—the Spanish from pride—the English from coolness—the Dutch from obstinacy—the Russian from insensibility—but the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)