"If he is mad, so much the better; and if he is mad, I hope to God he’ll bite some of my generals."

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On being warned by the Duke of Newcastle, in 1758, against promoting James Wolfe. Often quoted as "Mad, is he? Then I hope he will bite some of my other generals."