The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.
If you believe that you will believe anything.
As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.