Frederick Russell Burnham

Major Frederick Russell Burnham (11 May 1861 – 1 September 1947) was an American scout and world traveling adventurer known for his service to the British Army in colonial Africa and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell, thus becoming one of the inspirations for the founding of the international Scouting Movement.

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• There is nothing that sharpens a man's senses so acutely as to know that bitter and determined enemies are in pursuit of him night and day.
  • Scouting on Two Continents (1926)

• Under the administration of Rhodes, there were the fewest laws, the widest freedom, the least crime, and the turest justice, that I have ever seen in any part of the world.
  • Scouting on Two Continents (1926)

• As far as we can look back into history, the downfall of any nation can be traced from the moment that nation became timid about spending its best blood.
  • Taking Chances (1944)

• I am more afraid of an army of a hundred sheep led by a lion than an army of a hundred lions led by a sheep.
  • Taking Chances (1944)