Quote by Arthur Wellesley
"I have always thought that the great high privilege, the great pleasure of a democratic people, is to have hit upon something which one can honestly say has never been done before."
More from Arthur Wellesley
"Publish and be damned."
"The whole of the business of war, and indeed almost the whole art of receiving visits, consists in so paying attention that you may know at every moment the exact condition of the opposite master of the house."
"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."
"Discipline is not mere compliance with orders. It is that quality of conduct which results from a true understanding of their purpose."