„Gentlemen, you have fought like lions and been led by donkeys.“

— Erwin Rommel
„An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.“
— Alexander the Great
„All that have been tried have fought bravely“
— Ulysses S. Grant
„Donkeys live a long time. None of you has ever seen a dead donkey.“
— George Orwell
„I believe in the British lion and I believe that the British character is lion-hearted, and I believe that it has not been lion-hearted in some of the post-War period, and I want it to get back to being lion hearted.“
— Margaret Thatcher