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Malcolm Bosse
13 quotes
“I said to Missionar same way. I said heads in basket. I said Soldat, bandit same way. I told Missionar.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[A young mission worker in Shanghai told him that] China's nothing but a loosely allied group of principalities that establish whatever law there is through force of arms.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In his country and mine, a bridge builder never sells guns. [...] In China would a scholar sell guns?”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Soldiers get paid sometimes. Bandits have to fend for themselves. But when the warlords don't have the money, their soldier become bandits. [...] Peking's supposed to pay the warlords. I mean, they're official generals, servants of the government , right? Most of them are bandits is what I say.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In China a general's power goes as far as his troops can march in a few days. But from what I know of General Tang, he won't let this insult pass.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“At the end of the day you want something. Even if you don't know what it is.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Peasants can fool you They give in like sheep. They run away and hide. They offer their daughters if you'll let them alone. But suddenly one of them does a thing like this [and tries to kill you].”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tang is the best soldier in China”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[H]is brain, shaped by milleniums of acceptance of authority, has formed the idea that by obeying an order, any order given by someone in authority, he can save his own life, or, perhaps more importantly, somehow protect his ancestors' land.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“An acrobat is lucky to die with the price of a coffin in his pocket.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You Big Swords think you're good riders, good cavalrymen, but you have a long way to go, and you'll never be Mongols.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Look, children, it's very simple. What's going to happen is this. If you people go forward, we eat bread. If you people retreat, we eat sticks. That is all there is to war. Let no one tell you different.”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“His batteries north of the swamp open fire on the nearest hill, which will later be assaulted. Batteries eastward, in front of the lake and the knoll where he stands, are rolled forward almost to the transverse road, between willow trees..”
Malcolm Bosse (1926–2002) said by 2002 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source