Mountbatten Quotes & Sayings

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory. — Lord Mountbatten

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life. — Lord Mountbatten

Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand. — Lord Mountbatten

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society. — Lord Mountbatten

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I have had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral — Lord Mountbatten

Do you really think the IRA would think me a worthwhile target ? — Lord Mountbatten

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity. — Lord Mountbatten

No one person invented Mulberry. The knowledge that we had to have this floating harbor slowly grew. — Lord Mountbatten

You can divide my life into two. — Lord Mountbatten

I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time. — Lord Mountbatten

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability. — Lord Mountbatten

I am much more intelligent than you think. — Lord Mountbatten

The Battle of Normandy was won on the beaches of Dieppe — Louis Mountbatten

Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children. — Lord Mountbatten

I have been driven demented in my career. — Lord Mountbatten

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man. — Lord Mountbatten

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn. — Lord Mountbatten

I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled. — Lord Mountbatten

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils. — Lord Mountbatten

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century. — 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. — Lord Mountbatten

This is the war I fear. — Lord Mountbatten

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. — Lord Mountbatten

Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could. — Lord Mountbatten

Scholars still debate whether Jinnah's equally adamant insistence on a full Pakistan was a bluff. An influential school of thought holds that the Quaid always intended to settle for a united India, after he had extracted as much power and autonomy as he could for himself and the five "Muslim" provinces. The League leader was perfectly rational, Liaquat told Mountbatten: he understood, or could at least be persuaded to understand, how fragile and unworkable a shrunken Pakistan would be.79 — Nisid Hajari

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse? — Lord Mountbatten

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed. — Lord Mountbatten

Never feel that a piece of criticism or advice is too much trouble to give, or that it exceeds your province. — Lord Mountbatten

My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness. — Lord Mountbatten

I suffer from the congenital weakness of believing I can do anything. — Louis Mountbatten

Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming. — Lord Mountbatten

Thus, both Mountbatten and Nehru stipulated that the ultimate fate of Kashmir should be settled 'by reference to the people', and on 2 November Nehru broadcast on All India Radio that 'we are prepared when peace and law and order have been established to have a referendum'. — Katherine Frank

The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions. — Lord Mountbatten