Quotes of John Keegan - somelinesforyou

“ 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 think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it. ”

- John Keegan

“ If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman. ”

- John Keegan

“ 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

“ We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes. ”

- John Keegan

“ We should be development-by-design. ”

- 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

“ We should be development-by-design. ”

- John Keegan

“ We've got the projects identified,... Within the next few weeks the engineering staff and the finance staff will re-evaluate our entire capital improvements program. ”

- John Keegan

“ We should be development-by-design. ”

- John Keegan

“ Some people are more terrorist than others. ”

- John Keegan

“ I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books. ”

- John Keegan

“ I think that black Africa is extremely terrifying. Black Africa can become a maelstrom of warring tribes without the outside world needing to feel the need to do anything about it. ”

- John Keegan

“ 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

“ I don't look to find an educated person in the ranks of university graduates, necessarily. Some of the most educated people I know have never been near a university. ”

- 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ The leader of men in warfare can show himself to his followers only through a mask, a mask that he must make for himself, but a mask made in such form as will mark him to men of his time and place as the leader they want and need. ”

- 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

“ We should be development-by-design. ”

- John Keegan

“ I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books. ”

- John Keegan

“ Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues. ”

- John Keegan

“ Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues. ”

- 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

“ We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes. ”

- John Keegan

“ We've got the projects identified,... Within the next few weeks the engineering staff and the finance staff will re-evaluate our entire capital improvements program. ”

- John Keegan

“ Some people are more terrorist than others. ”

- John Keegan

“ Some people are more terrorist than others. ”

- John Keegan

“ We've got the projects identified,... Within the next few weeks the engineering staff and the finance staff will re-evaluate our entire capital improvements program. ”

- John Keegan
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