People: Harry Hotspur

Now there may be some who thing 'Harry' Hotspur is some reference to a current premiership manager and there will be others who immediately recognise the character from Shakespeare's play 'Henry IV'--instinctively I would err in the direction of the former rather than the latter, until that is I visited Harry's home--Warkworth Castle. Rivalry amongst the Percy family (of whom Hotspur was a member and the Duke of Northumberland is) must be intense as Warkworth claims Harry Hotspur as its champion and Alnwick Castle, Harry Potter. A quick Internet search reveals that Hotspur's famous quote--attributed of course by Shakespeare was: "Out of the nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.' Great line only problem was it was uttered before he went into the Battle of Shrewsbury where he was to meet his death. More recently we find the phrase used by Neville Chamberlain on his return from Munich. Perhaps the truth is that you can't pluck the flower of safety without experiencing the sting of the nettle. Discuss?