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Tom Tugendhat Quotes

born 1973 England

England
Military leaders
Politicians

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Those who have never fought for the colours they fly, should be careful about criticising those who have.

I'm interested in your answers to my questions, not to the questions you wished I'd asked.

Leaders stand up for their men. They encourage them to try and defend them when they fail.

This, if not an act of war, was certainly a warlike act by the Russian Federation…

We have a real choice: either we choose to shape events or we will be shaped by them. Over many centuries, the people of the United Kingdom have got into the habit of being actors in this world, rather than being acted upon by it.

Fundamentally I think soldiering is pretty similar to politics. It's not about you, it's all about the people you serve with. It's all about the results, it's all about the operation, it's all about the mission. The reason we're here at all in politics is to serve the people.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Tom Tugendhat (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.