Edward I of England quotes

Edward I of England quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“We shall then defeat the whole lot of them in one go!”
-- Edward I of England

#War Quotes #Defeat Quotes

“Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.”
“The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?”

Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.
“Violence begets violence by whomever used. War is a dirty business and entails the use of degrading means, whoever wages it.”
“No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”
“Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.”

Source : A.J.P. Taylor (1996). “Origin Of The Second World War”, p.18, Simon and Schuster
“No war is inevitable until it breaks out.”
“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”
“It is not for us to calculate our victory or fear our defeat, but to do our duty and leave the rest in God's hands.”
“Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.”
“It's only a sure defeat when you stop trying.”

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