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Duke of Wellington Quotes about Army

Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.

Duke of Wellington

Fighting, Army, Victory

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Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

Duke of Wellington

Army, Scum Of The Earth, Waterloo

Quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1888) (entry for 4 Nov. 1831)

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When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.

Duke of Wellington

Mistake, Army, Men

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I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.

Duke of Wellington

Army, Infamous, Weak

Arthur Wellesley (1st duke of Wellington.) (1838). “The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index”, p.358

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