The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.
From Lord Mountbatten
My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.
This is the war I fear.
Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand.
My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.
Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province.
Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children.
Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
I have been driven demented in my career.
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