Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Quotes

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In my experience, I have always found that you cannot have an efficient ship unless you have a happy ship, and you cannot have a happy ship unless you have an efficient ship. That is the way I intend to start this commission, and that is the way I intend to go on – with a happy and efficient ship.

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

If the Third World War is fought with nuclear weapons, the fourth will be fought with bows and arrows.

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

As a military man who has given half a century of active Service, I say in all sincerity that the nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils because of the illusions which they have generated. There are powerful voices around the world who still give evidence to the old Roman precept—if you desire peace, prepare for war. This is absolute nuclear nonsense.

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Born: June 25, 1900

Died: August 27, 1979 (aged 79)

Bio: Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma was a British admiral and statesman.

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