John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher Quotes

• The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

  John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

  Military, War, Essence

  Lecture notes 1899-1902, in R. H. Bacon Life of Lord Fisher (1929) vol. 1, ch. 7

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• All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.

  John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

  Peace, War, Want

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• In war the first principle is to disobey orders. Any fool can obey orders!

  John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

  War, Order, Principles

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• History is a record of exploded ideas.

  John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

  Ideas, History, Records

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• Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.

  John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

  Giving, Consistency, Mind

  "Deadnought: Britain, Germany and the Comiing of the Great War". Book by Robert K. Massie, letter to former Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, 1991.

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• Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation:
  youth equals popularity, popularity equals success, success equals happiness.

  John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

  Success, Society, Youth

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