Bernard Law Montgomery

(1887–1976) Military Officer

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Bernard Law Montgomery was a military officer.

Quick Facts About Bernard Law Montgomery

Born: November 17, 1887
Died: March 24, 1976
Profession: Military Officer

About Bernard Law Montgomery

British Army officer (1887–1976)... | Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence, and the Second World War.

Quotes by Bernard Law Montgomery

I was well beaten myself, and I am better for it.

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Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.

Bernard Law Montgomery

Fight

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As God once said, and I think rightly...

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God

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If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.

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Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.

Bernard Law Montgomery

Career

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Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.

Bernard Law Montgomery

Discipline

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The first duty of a leader is optimism. How does your subordinate feel after meeting with you? Does he feel uplifted? If…

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Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset…

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The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the…

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There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.

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American revolution

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My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and…

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Being a leader

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Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go…

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Armies

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Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

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The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the…

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Battle

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Every soldier must know, before he goes into battle, how the little battle he is to fight fits into the larger picture,…

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Battle

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A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of…

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Ancient

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Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and…

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Cold

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On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is…

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Adventure

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To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days…

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Better day

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Rule 1, on page I of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow". Various people have tried it, Napoleon…

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Armies

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The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in…

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Achievement

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