Robert Dudley Quotes
No foreign enemies could threaten so much danger to this kingdom as doth now this beggarly nation. [Scotland]
Duke of Northumberland. When King James VI of poorer Scotland assumed the English throne (as James I) most of the Scots, and especially the Highlanders, were anti-English and concerned about the integrity and independence of Scotland. Together with dissident Englishmen, Dudley foresaw the schism that was to engulf England and Scotland in bloody civil war.
Robert Dudley, 1573-1649, Naval Engineer, Son of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, February 28, 1638
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The justification was a sham. He forced the President to resign, appointed a new President who then fired the Prime Minister and dissolved Parliament.
Crittendon, at the outbreak of the Civil War, had a Governor who wanted Kentucky to secede and join the Confederacy, but he and other leaders thwarted that and the state legislatures defied the governor and forced him to resign. 16 percent of Kentucky men held slaves and keeping Kentucky and Maryland in the Union was a very high priority for President Lincoln. See {633812}.
This quotation shows what prompted the Texas rebellion against Mexico. Military dictators had taken over the Federal Government of Mexico and Mexico was no longer a free country.
20th century Africa and South America were particularly good examples.
This is likely the source of the paraphrased “quote” attributed to Lincoln: America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. See related quote.
Although often cited, Lincoln did not say this although it is somewhat in the spirit of his actual statement. See the related quote for what Lincoln actually said.
England had gone through a bloody Civil War with the Parliament on one side and the King on the other. The King lost and was beheaded later that year. See {597353}.
Nguyen Vinh Thuy. and correct prediction
Young China had toppled the Manchu Dynasty, but once in power, they found it much harder to govern—a common happening after revolution.
The coup which deposed and then murdered Patrice Lumumba had the help of the American CIA and French Army. Lumumba was a Marxist and Mobutu appeared to be an anti-Communist. The corruption under Lumumba was typical of most African counties but Lumumba himself was an ideologue and but not personally dishonest. Under Mobuto, the Congo—renamed Zaire—became the most corrupt nation on earth, and Mobuto, one of the richest men in the world. Everything he complained of to justify is coup, he himself was guilty of when he consolidated power—moreso than any other 20th century world leader.
The French Revolution with the rise of Napoleon was a classic example. The American Revolution was an exception.
He had just assumed his post 6 days earlier. At this point he did not have enough knowledge to favor or oppose the regime change, but he did realize that the decision was a serious one and there would be no turning back. Diem was a creature of the Central Intelligence Agency. An anti-Communist Christian in a Buddhist county, the CIA engineered his rise to power, created his political party, provided him with cash to bribe other Vietnamese politicians, and paid for all the propaganda so he would “win” the Presidential elections. However, he abused the Buddhists, was thoroughly corrupt and ran a corrupt administration, but worst of all from the American point of view, he was unable to motivate the South Vietnamese population to fight the Communists. He reached the point where he was more of a liability, and the Central Intelligence Agency engineered a coup d’etat to remove him from power and replace him with a President more to our liking. (See {634540}.)
He fought in Algeria and other counterinsurgencies and then studied them. He wrote the classic book on counterinsurgency warfare. After all the mistakes the U. S. made after the successful invasion of Iraq, his book and doctrine were very influential in the change in strategy and tactics that turned the Iraq War in our favor.
This was written more than a year before the “blows” began. It took time to ship the men and supplies to America and the British did not handle that task with much efficiency.
Sir Robert Dudley was an English explorer and cartographer. In 1594, he led an expedition to the West Indies, of which he wrote an account. The illegitimate son of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, he inherited the bulk of the Earl's estate in accordance with his father's will, including Kenilworth Castle. In 1603–1605, he tried unsuccessfully to establish his legitimacy in court. After that he left England forever, finding a new existence in the service of the grand dukes of Tuscany. There, he worked as an engineer and shipbuilder, and designed and published Dell'Arcano del Mare (1645-1646), the first maritime atlas to cover the whole world. He was also a skilled navigator and mathematician. In Italy, he styled himself "Earl of Warwick and Leicester", as well as "Duke of Northumberland", a title recognized by Emperor Ferdinand II.
