Duke of Wellington Quotes:
Ocupation: Former First Lord of the Treasury
Life: May 1, 1769 - September 14, 1852
Birthday: May 1
Death: September 14
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
source: Quoted in Philip Henry Stanhope, Notes of Conversations with the Duke of Wellington (1888) (entry for 4 Nov. 1831)
topic: Army, Earth, Scum, Scum Of The Earth, Waterloo
