John Pope quotes

John Pope quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Headquarters in the Saddle.”
-- John Pope

Source : John Pope (1998). “The Military Memoirs of General John Pope”, p.18, Univ of North Carolina Press

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“Success and glory are in the advance, disaster and shame lurk in the rear.”
-- John Pope

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“The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.”

Source : A J P Taylor (1974). “The First World War: An Illustrated History”, p.15, Penguin UK
“The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.”

Source : Alexander H. Stephens “A”
“We want to keep the actual Civil War experience alive.”
“'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.”
“I hope to die in the saddle seat.”
“There were five writers on Blazing Saddles.”
“Saddle your dreams before you ride em.”

Source : Mary Webb (2013). “Precious Bane”, p.23, Read Books Ltd
“Never buy a saddle until you have met the horse.”
“Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.”
“Boot, saddle, to horse, and away!”

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