Nostradamus Quotes
Franco will bring the army from Castille. The ambassador will complain, causing a schism. Rivera's men will be part of the force. The great man will be denied entry to the gulf.
Nostradamus. The Prophecies. Century 9, Quatrain 16. Translated by Richard Sieburth, Penguin Classics, 2012.
Nixon was considering not obeying Federal Court orders. The Federal Marshals would be responsible for enforcing the courts orders. This quotation illustrates how closely the nation came to a virtual civil war or putch.
The first Jew to run for the Vice Presidency on a major party ticket.
A variant of this quotation was used by Admiral of the German Navy. See {609658}.
There were more than 100 million of his gun distributed over the world and his invention has been the instrument by which more people have been killed than any other weapon.
Holland was officially Napoleon’s ally, but he and the French military leaders were not satisfied with the military or logistical support they were getting from the Dutch. Field Marshal Marmont was sent to Holland to “improve” the situation. When one of his demands seemed excessive a delegation of leading Dutch politicians met with him and reminded him that Holland was a sovereign country and France military officers could not issue orders in Holland. This was his famous response.
Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains[b] allegedly predicting future events.
