We are an Island. Every soldier that wants to go anywhere out of England - a sailor has got to carry him there on his back. (John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher)

We are an Island. Every soldier that wants to go anywhere out of England - a sailor has got to carry him there on his back.

John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

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