Falklands Quotes

I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself. ~ Denis Thatcher

The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb. ~ Jorge Luis Borges

We piled aboard the small chopper and after a bit of map pointing to the pilot we lifted off.
"I love the RAF," said Jed.
"I love them too, sir," said I.
After a short flight the chopper landed. We all got out and waved our thanks and farewells to the crew and Major Jenner checked his map. After a quick examination he announced that we had been dropped in the wrong place.
"I fucking hate the RAF," said Jed.
"I fucking hate them too, sir," said I. ~ Ken Lukowiak

Occupied Falklands are the thorn in my balls ~ Margaret Thatcher

When we went to war at the Falklands, Buck Kernan had to shake each man's hand as we boarded a boat for war. ~ Scott Raab

On his multi-player injury substitutions against Western Samoa-It was like the Falklands crisis. I was counting them in and counting them out. ~ Jack Rowell

When the First Sea Lord, Admiral Leach, told the Prime Minister and her cabinet colleagues that it would take three weeks to sail the Task Force to the Falklands, he was met with the incredulous response 'surely you mean three days? ~ Ian R. Gardiner

No-one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well. ~ Margaret Thatcher

Living in France while the Falklands War was going on, I felt a profound sense of shame and betrayal, just as I did by the war in Iraq. People have asked why I don't talk about that directly in my plays. Well, politics needs to be articulated in many different ways. ~ Simon McBurney

When the question arose whether I, as a member of the royal family, should take part in active combat in the Falklands, there was no question in her mind, and it only took her two days to sort the issue. ~ Prince Andrew

One soldier picked up a dead Argentine, supported the corpse's weight underneath his arm, put a cigarette in the dead man's mouth, then one in his own. He then held a lighter under the corpse's cigarette and his friend took a photograph. They both laughed. I also laughed.
This was foolish ― smoking can kill. ~ Ken Lukowiak

I opposed the Suez war, I opposed the Falklands war. I opposed the Libyan bombing and I opposed the Gulf war and I never believed that any of those principled arguments lost a single vote - indeed, I think they gained support though that was not why you did it. What has been lacking in Labour politics over a long period is a principled stand ~ Tony Benn

I'll always love Paraguay. It's this most exotic place configured out of the imagination, the whole country.Paraguay will always be a special place in my heart. I go back a long way. I first arrived as a refugee in 1982 from the Falklands War. So it was a safe haven then, and it has become something exotic since then. I feel like I'd like the dust to settle a little bit before going back. ~ John Gimlette