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John Keegan quotes

English Historian May 15, 1934 – August 2, 2012

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Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done. John Keegan
The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought. John Keegan
I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper. John Keegan
I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well. John Keegan
The ANZACs, clinging lost and leaderless to the hillsides, began, as the hot afternoon gave way to grey drizzle, to experience their martyrdom. John Keegan
John Keegan quote: "There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't..."
There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force. John Keegan
John Keegan quote: "Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the..."
Well, if they are trying to kill you, on the whole they're the people you have to kill, aren't they? John Keegan
John Keegan quote: "Some people are more terrorist than others."
Some people are more terrorist than others. John Keegan
John Keegan quote: "Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues."
Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues. John Keegan
The revival of Islam dates from the early years of the 20th century. It was brought about by their humiliation, by their sense of how low they'd fallen compared with the West. John Keegan
It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble. John Keegan
John Keegan quote: "Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but I did."
Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but I did. John Keegan
John Keegan quote: "I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves..."
I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction. John Keegan

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