Military Commander

Viktor Lutze

Politics

1890–1943

"Not a single Storm Trooper would have followed Röhm. The whole body was merely a revolt of leaders, and only quite a small group of the leaders were willing to take part."

🇺🇸Stanley A. McChrystal

Music

b. 1954

"Never shall I fail my comrades... I will shoulder more than my share of the task, whatever it may be, one hundred percent and then some."

🇺🇸Eric Shinseki

Military

b. 1942

"I do not want to criticize while my soldiers are still bleeding and dying in Iraq."

🇬🇧Hastings Ismay

Politics

1887–1965

"On the Festival of Britain, "We are consciously and deliberately determined to make history."

🇺🇸Benedict Arnold

Military

1741–1801

"Usahistory site includes details on Arnold's escape"

Pliny the Elder

Science

20–79

"Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send out small quantities of it from their mouths, because it smooths every part which is rough."

🇺🇸Stansfield Turner

Military

1923–2018

"Interview on the Iranian Arms Scandal from the Dean Peter Krogh Foreign Affairs Digital Archives"