When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it. — Duke of Wellington Copy Share Image
Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
I'm not against pulling down our statues of Confederate generals and Confederate leaders. — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. — F. E. Adcock Copy Share Image
I can't even begin to visualize myself as a five-star general... When I think of the people who are five-star generals, I… — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
The US did not have any big supply of good generals in Civil War, and some it did have went with the… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
“It [the Mexican War] was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Trump has claimed he knows more about ISIS than America's leading generals. Clearly, this is also total nonsense; he doesn't seem to… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
The politicians, who once stated that war was too complex to be left to the generals, now act as though peace were… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In… — Alfred Jodl Copy Share Image
In 2001, we didn't have an army; we had remnants of a dissolved army that had no hope. Our generals had literally… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
“Richmond's newspaper questioned how a senior general could not even get two of his own generals to cooperate with him. They nicknamed… — Clint Johnson Copy Share Image
It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as… — Arthur L. Herman Copy Share Image
One of the things I would immediately do [as Commander in Chief ], in addition to defeating them here at home, is… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time,… — Erwin Rommel Copy Share Image
In your deliberations, when seeking to determine the military conditions, let them be made the basis of a comparison, in this wise:… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Read that Asian women were bedroom generals. Some people think that means they're great in bed, but that's not the issue. They're… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
Why did the generals who have been so ready to term me a complaisant and incompetent yes-man fail to secure my removal?… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share Image
“The Continental army got more generals than they got private soldiers, these days. An officer lives through more 'n two battles, they… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them. — Christopher Vokes Copy Share Image
Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
When Lincoln ran into trouble during the Civil War, he got new generals. He brought in Grant. I hope that President Obama… — Marcy Kaptur Copy Share Image
I caddied for Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley long before they became generals or president, for that matter. Just between you and… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of General Douglas MacArthur and General George Patton.We have a few generals that have been so incredible to… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“Just as war is too important to leave it to the generals, science and technology are too important to leave in the… — Sheldon Rampton Copy Share Image
All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
[A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I think under the leadership of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the generals have been reduced to rubble. They have been reduced… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Generals have gone to war with far less deliberation than she gave to the choice between the pear tart or the vanilla… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
I actually understand what a Marine on the ground goes through. I've seen generals and admirals struggle with different situations. — Todd Young Copy Share Image
If you put on the military uniform, you're a prima facie hero. Generals are the epitome of that. They're the ones who… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
When I joined the U.S. Army Reserve in 1992, there were no female four-star generals. I still remember the day in 2008… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always… — Paddy Chayefsky Copy Share Image