"Land of Albania! where Iskander rose, Theme of the young, and beacon of the wise, And he his namesake, whose oft-baff…"

"[Skanderbeg is] an unshakable dam [who] stopped the fury of the Turkish tide and prevented it from overrunning Christ…"

"[Skanderbeg is] the most perfect, most fortunate and greatest master of warfare of all time."

"His manners were popular; but his discipline was severe; and every superfluous vice was banished from his camp: his e…"

"In the fulness of conquest, Mahomet the second still felt at his bosom this domestic thorn: his lieutenants were perm…"

"If Skanderbeg had not been born, I would have long since put a turban on the head of the pope and the crescent moon o…"

"In 1912 Ismail Kemal raised the flag of Scanderbeg in Valona when he declared Albanian independence. Scanderbeg was o…"

"The Albanians resisted them for 25 years with a tenacious and invincible spirit, because of the valor and courage of …"

"He was notable throughout a brief, thwarted career for the charm of his manner and his chivalrous ideals in public li…"

"I...was very different from the raw Irish lads who composed the greater part of the subalterns. One of them, of the n…"