Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British politician John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher.

Last updated on November 4, 2024.

John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher,, commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British Admiral of the Fleet. With more than sixty years in the Royal Navy, his efforts to reform the service helped to usher in an era of modernisation which saw the supersession of wooden sailing ships armed with muzzle-loading cannon by steel-hulled battlecruisers, submarines and the first aircraft carriers.

British - Politician | January 25, 1841 - July 10, 1920

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In war the first principle is to disobey orders. Any fool can obey orders!

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

All nations want peace, but they want a peace that suits them.

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility.

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: youth equals popularity, popularity equals success, success equals happiness.

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

History is a record of exploded ideas.

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher