Frederick Russell Burnham quotes
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“As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.”
-- Frederick Russell BurnhamSource : Frederick Russell Burnham, Mary Nixon Everett (1944). “Taking chances”
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“There is nothing that sharpens a man's senses so acutely as to know that bitter and determined enemies are in pursuit of him night and day.”
-- Frederick Russell BurnhamSource : Frederick Russell Burnham (2016). “Scouting on Two Continents”, p.37, Pickle Partners Publishing
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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 555, 1895.
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“Purely historical thought is nihilistic; it wholeheartedly accepts the evil of history.”
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“Those who have the privilege to know have the duty to act.”
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