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Favouritism was the secret of our efficiency in the old days and got us young Admirals.....Going by seniority saves so much trouble. <nowiki>'Buggins… - John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
" "Favouritism was the secret of our efficiency in the old days and got us young Admirals.....Going by seniority saves so much trouble. <nowiki>'Buggins's turn'</nowiki> has been our ruin and will be disastrous hereafter!
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About John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
Admiral of the Fleet John Arbuthnot "Jacky" (or "Jackie") Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, GCB, OM, GCVO (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920) was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform. He had a huge influence on the Royal Navy in a career spanning more than 60 years, starting in a navy of wooden sailing ships armed with muzzle-loading cannon and ending in one of steel-hulled battlecruisers, submarines and the first aircraft carriers. The argumentative, energetic, reform-minded Fisher is often considered the second most important figure in British naval history, after Lord Nelson.
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John Arbuthnot Fisher
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
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Sir John Fisher
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John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron Fisher
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Lord Fisher
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Lord Sir John Fisher
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Captain Fisher
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Captain Fischer
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The humanising of war? You might as well talk about the humanizing of Hell!...... The essence of war is violence! Moderation in war is imbecility!..... I am not for war, I am for peace! That is why I am for a supreme Navy....... The supremacy of the British Navy is the best security for peace in the world...... If you rub it in both at home and abroad that you are ready for instant war.....and intend to be first in and hit your enemy in the belly and kick him when he is down and boil your prisoners in oil (if you take any), and torture his women and children, then people will keep clear of you.
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