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title: "6 Army Better Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-has-been-said-that-one-bad-general-is-better-than-two-good-ones/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/victory-usually-goes-to-the-army-who-has-better-trained-officers-and/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-has-been-said-that-one-bad-general-is-better-than-two-good-ones-2/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [“A safe army is better than a safe border”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bhim-rao-ambedkar/a-safe-army-is-better-than-a-safe-border/)

[Bhim Rao Ambedkar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bhim-rao-ambedkar/)

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> [To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-capture-the-enemy-s-entire-army-is-better-than-to-destroy-it-to/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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> [To capture an enemies army is better than to destroy it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sun-tzu/to-capture-an-enemies-army-is-better-than-to-destroy-it/)

[Sun Tzu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sun-tzu/)

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