The prophetic words of King Alexander III of Scotland, spoken on his deathbed as news reached him of Edward I of England's conquest of Wales in the autumn of 1283. Alexander III died mere hours later, succeeded by his son who ruled as Alexander IV. The younger Alexander went on to die defending Scotland from Edward's invasion in 1298 at the Battle of Galashiels, a Pyrrhic victory for the English which repulsed them from Scotland for decades. The battle has since been immortalised by numerous songs, poems, and paintings.The words of French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau during the invasion and fall of Paris in 1918, as the Hungarian cavalry approached, and the subsequent fall of Paris and the end of the First World War, and French surrender. Clemenceau would later be imprisoned by the French restoration government.
"Edward Longshanks has conquered Wales, what is there to say he won't turn toward us as well?" King Alexander III of Scotland.
"Lepidus is a low energy person. For him to get things done is hard. Weak, very weak." - Mark Antony