“The world has never seen a more impressive demonstration of the influence of sea power upon its history. Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.Alfred Thayer Mahan
“Thou fatal Waterloo. Millions of tongues record thee, and anew Their children’s lips shall echo them, and say— “Here, where the sword united nations drew, Our countrymen were warring on that day!” And this is much, and all which will not pass away. George Noel Gordon (Lord Byron)
“Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington)