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List of John Keegan Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 32 inspiring quotes by John Keegan.

About John Keegan

  • Born: May 15, 1934
  • Died: August 2, 2012
  • Occupation: Historian
    • Hitler ... lacked the [inclination] for anything more than the occasional sensational display of emotion, in particular the great set-piece speech which mesmerized the mob and left him drained of ... energy.
    Energy Pieces Speech
    Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.
    Military Virtue Should
    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.
    Book Thinking Trying
    Nobody should teach anywhere for 25 years, but i did.
    Years Should Teach
    I can't visualize the situation in which we nuke ourselves into extinction.
    Nukes Extinction Situation
    Visually agincourt is a pre-raphaelite, perhaps better a medici gallery print battle - a composition of strong verticals and horizontals and a conflict of rich dark reds and lincoln greens against fishscale greys and arctic blues.
    Strong Dark Battle
    If wellington epitomizes the english gentleman, eisenhower epitomizes the natural american gentleman.
    Hair Gentleman Natural
    Some people are more terrorist than others
    People Terrorist
    It's commonly said that people who've been ill in childhood and who've had an upset education never really regret that they do. it means that you don't look at the world in the way that other people do, and if you were inclined to be a writer, that's a help.
    Regret Mean People
    We forget today that britain still depends for its livelihood and, indeed, its day-to-day survival, on the sea. but the royal navy is now pitifully small and has been reduced in size by the current government, seeking economies to finance its social programmes. fine while there is no threat to our security. but what use would schools and hospitals be if we could not protect our imports?
    School Government Sea
    I think to be shot in a mountain valley somewhere or other is altogether less glorious than crashing an airliner into a skyscraper.
    Thinking Hiking Mountain
    We saw the children and the women with their babies and then i heard the poouff — the flame had broken through the thatched roof and there was a yellow- brown smoke column going up into the air. it didn't hit me all that much then, but when i think of it now — i slaughtered those people. i murdered them.
    Baby Children Thinking
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