Statement to Major Heros von Borcke http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=1082 (13 December 1862), as quoted in Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence (1867) by Heros von Borcke, p. 301; this has been paraphrased as "My troops may fail to take a position, but are never driven from one!"
“There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.”
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902) British politician and historian
Letter to Mary Gladstone (1881)
Context: There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men. Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities, such as More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, etc. The result would be an Encyclopedia of Error.
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
Speech 11/19/2003 Whitehall Palace, London http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040126-6.html <br class="br">2000s, 2003
“Leaders stand up for their men. They encourage them to try and defend them when they fail.”
Tom Tugendhat (1973) British politician
Said on Twitter https://twitter.com/TomTugendhat/status/1148919771741741062 about the failiure of Boris Johnson to defend Kim Darroch after a diplomatic cable leak. Quoted by the BBC: Sir Kim Darroch: UK ambassador to US resigns in Trump leaks row https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48937120 (10 July 2019) on the BBC website. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
Susan Cooper (1935) English fantasy writer
Source: The Dark Is Rising (1965-1977), The Grey King (1975), Chapter 6 “Bird Rock” (pp. 71-72)
“Dare to fail. If you never fail, you're never taken risks and that's no way to take on this life.”
Richie Sambora (1959) musician, songwriter
Doctorate Award Speech, Kean University (2004)
“Ten men have failed from defect in morals, where one has failed from defect in intellect.”
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician
As quoted in Excellent Quotations for Home and School (1890) by Julia B. Hoitt, p. 73
