>Napoleon? Not a fan

>>1828080

I don't know much about Wellington, but he came up with one of my favourite phrases. Can't remember it word for word:

>A dog may be born in a stable, but that doesn't make it a horse

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>>1828094
Ireland BTFO

>>1828107
funny because he was actually irish

>>1828118
His family had lived in Ireland for a few generations, but they were english colonists, traditionally employed in the english crown's service, and proddies.
Wellington wasn't wrong in not considering himself an irishman.

>>1828094
>>1828107
>>1828143
That quote was Daniel O Connell bringing the banter about Wellington. Wellington always considered himself a proud Irishman, as well as an Englishman. He probably would have been baffled by the thought that he couldn't be both.