“The nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.”
—usually attributed to Thucydides, but may have been General Sir William Francis Butler who may have been quoting Charles Napier.
Hi Mark,
I was wondering if you had a cite for the possible Butler/Napier source of this quote?
The only thing I can find on the web is in the comments to a post at the Volokh Conspiracy:
http://volokh.com/posts/1133618252.shtml
It’s certainly possible that my scholarship is that weak.