Pierre Terrail Quotes
No place is weak where there are men capable of defending it.
For a similar Ancient Greek version of this notion, See : {632265}.
Chevalier Bayard, 1473-1524, Pierre de Terrail, French Knight, Soldier, and Hero, Quoted in S.A. Bent, Familiar Short Sayings of Great Men, 1887
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Pointing to the armed Spartan men He had been asked why there were no city walls around Sparta. See {632266} for a related quotation.
Winston Churchill utilized this quotation in his first radio address as Prime Minister, May 19, 1940
The Chinese were massacred when the Japanese invaded with atrocities against civilians that were inconceivable until Hitler began his in Europe. However, there were many Chinese we worked against the Japanese including the Communists who made a truce with Chiang (see {636322}) so that they could oust the Japanese invaders.
Manava Dharma Shastra. Preparedness and the Defense Budget was ever important in Ancient India. This text is a part of the Hindu Holy Texts. Hindus believe that Manu was a prophet whose text is revealed or inspired.
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (c. 1476 – 30 April 1524) was a French knight and military leader at the transition between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, generally known as the Chevalier de Bayard. Throughout the centuries since his death, he has been known as "the knight without fear and beyond reproach" (le chevalier sans peur et sans reproche). He himself preferred the name given him by his contemporaries for his gaiety and kindness, "le bon chevalier" ("the good knight").
