Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge. — Warren G. Bennis Copy Share Image
The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
We've had enough of the generals and movie stars. We want to hear about the ordinary people. — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
We have no George Pattons anymore. We have no Ulysses S. Grants. We have none of the swashbuckling generals that actually made… — Erik Prince 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
“It began to seem that the generals had got us into something they had no business doing.” — Cornelius Ryan 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
Successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
My advice for the next commander in chief: Listen to your military advisers. Listen to your generals. They are the experts. Even… — Ralph Abraham Copy Share Image
I hate a mystery. I would have let the identity of the Commander’s successor remain a secret, as I have for fifteen… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic… — David Hackworth Copy Share Image
You look around the world in 2013, and you say, 'How many prime ministers or presidents are in prison?' One or two.… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
We had generals who were admirals and admirals who wanted to be generals. Generals acting as admirals are bad enough, but it… — Holland Smith Copy Share Image
When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long… — F. W. de Klerk Copy Share Image
As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory,… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I like generals. I like Napoleon. I like strategy. The majority of them are praised for mass destruction, but it's exciting to… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
I will say I would leave many of the decisions of some of the things you mentioned to the generals, the admirals,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in… — Erich von Manstein Copy Share Image
“Of the tens of thousands of men who died in combat in the war, possibly as many as half lost their lives… — Stephen E. Ambrose Copy Share Image
A defensive war is apt to betray us into too frequent detachment. Those generals who have had but little experience attempt to… — Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“McClellan knew that Jackson’s force was relatively small, so he only sent 16,000 men under the command of Major General Nathaniel P.… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“One of the things we haven’t mentioned about the boss so far in this book is his presence. Any time Donald Trump… — Corey R. Lewandowski Copy Share Image
The episode of the 'shoe bomber,' Richard Reid, has suddenly meant more feet being bared at airports than at the average Hindu… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“At present, a good many men engaged in scientific pursuits, and who have signally failed in gaining recognition among their fellows, are… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Iraq had forced massive changes to the Army's equipment, training, and strategy. But the most important legacy of the war had been… — David Cloud Copy Share Image
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. — F. E. Adcock 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
Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
“Nobody wins wars. Generals plan battles to be swift and decisive. When they are not, the aim is to end the conflict… — Steph Bennion Copy Share Image
