English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than any of the other products of that conversation.
H. Beam PiperKeep a goverment poor and weak and it's your servant; when it is rich and powerful it becomes your master.
H. Beam PiperOnly the incompetent wait until the last extremity to use force, and by then, it is usually too late to use anything, even prayer.
H. Beam Piper