Lord Mountbatten Quotes

• I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Death, Prayer, Thinking

  In Richard Hough Mountbatten (1980) p. 3

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• The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Military, War, Race

  Speech at Strasbourg, 11 May 1979, in P. Ziegler 'Mountbatten' (1985) ch. 52

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• The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Confidence, Team, Should Have

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• My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Mother, Children, Thinking

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• Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ?

  Lord Mountbatten

  Thinking, Ira, Target

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• My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Children, Father, My Children

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• It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Done, Curious, Said

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• As a military man who has given half a century of active service I say in all sincerity that the nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils because of the illusions they have generated. There are powerful voices around the world who still give credence to the old Roman precept - if you desire peace, prepare for war. This is absolute nuclear nonsense.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Powerful, Military, War

  Speech at Strasbourg, 11 May 1979, in P. Ziegler 'Mountbatten' (1985) ch. 52

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• Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Problem, Rich, Rich Women

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• The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Successful, Speed, Factors

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• What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

  Lord Mountbatten

  Kings, Jobs, Firsts

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• My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Military, Trophies, Usefulness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Determination, Animal, Political

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• Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Vote, Butlers, Labour

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• No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Floating, Mulberry, Grew

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• Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Giving, Advice, Criticism

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• I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Jobs, Long, Born

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• I have been driven demented in my career.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Careers, Driven, Demented

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• I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Believe, Vanity, Goodness

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• I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Jobs, Men, Odd

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• Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Children, Real, Parent

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• Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

  Lord Mountbatten

  War, Men, Fabric

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• You can divide my life into two.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Two, Divides

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• I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Truman, Turns, Precise

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• If you've got it, wear it.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Ifs

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