18th Century military quotes, what can you find?!

[Sir Beane]

I know one which is almost certainly in the game, given that I saw it on a screenshot.

"Wars are just to those whom they are neccesary" -

Edmund Burke, British author, philosopher and political theorist.

[Dradem]

Well the get the Ball roling :)

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death"
--Patrick Henry

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.
--Napoleon

Without cavalry, battles are without result.
--Napoleon

The only way to form an army to be confided in, was a systematic discipline, by which means all men may be made heroes.
--John Adams

An army, like a serpent, travels on its belly.
--Frederick II


A cherished cause and a general who inspires confidence by previous success are powerful means of electrifying an army.
--Henri de Jomini altough I think this one was said in the 19th century :) general in French army and afterwords the Russian (turncoat )

An army is a nation within a nation, it is one of the vices of courage.
--Alfred de Vigny also a bit late in the 18th or early 19th not shure


It is not big armies that win battles, it is the good ones.
Maurice de Saxe

[Marten]

Always my favourites - all from Frederick II.

1. "A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in."

2. "Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments."

3. “I begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.”

4. "Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings."


From Vicomte Turenne, who wrotes after the battle of Dunen to his king:

"The enemy came. He was beaten. I am tired. Goodnight."