# Quote — Dan Jones, Henry V

> Dull, painstaking, technocratic work seldom moves bards and chroniclers in the same way as battlefield victories. Yet the great triumph of Henry’s leadership of the royal council in 1410–11 is that he realizes that nothing can proceed without it.

- Author: [Dan Jones](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-jones.md)
- Book: [Henry V](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-jones/henry-v.md)
- Page: 142
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dan_Jones_(writer)#Henry_V:_The_Astonishing_Triumph_of_England's_Greatest_Warrior_King_(2024)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-jones/henry-v/dull-painstaking-technocratic

## More from this book

> It is the view of Henry’s chaplain, perhaps echoing the king’s own, that no besieged people could have prepared themselves “more prudently or with greater security to themselves.” All the same, Henry may reason, in a contest between prudence and cannonballs, the advantage is typically held by the side with the biggest guns.

p. 228 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-jones/henry-v/it-is-the.md)

> Henry has known John the Fearless long enough to realize that the Duke, while resourceful and on occasion useful, is not a man to be trusted.

p. 294 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-jones/henry-v/henry-has-known.md)

> As he grows up, he will shed any inclination to treat his enemies leniently. Toughness and a near-total lack of sentimentality will become hallmarks of his political character.

p. 121 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/dan-jones/henry-v/as-he-grows.md)