Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip. — Barbara Tuchman 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
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. — F. E. Adcock Copy Share Image
I'm not against pulling down our statues of Confederate generals and Confederate leaders. — Madison Cawthorn 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
Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals. — Peter Ustinov Copy Share Image
“Generals, on the average, are far less bellicose than journalists or patriotic housewives: They know the horrors of a war and they… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
We have the finest officers in the world, but it seems like once they become generals it is a self-licking ice cream… — Erik Prince Copy Share Image
I haven't mentioned another argument, The Hague tribunal. It is clear our generals and all of you who are sitting here now… — Franjo Tudjman Copy Share Image
“But the damage done to the Army command structure would be long in healing. If a new war came someday, there would… — T. R. Fehrenbach Copy Share Image
You're beginning to hear the tale of the common man and woman rather than the traditional memoir about the generals who just… — Frank McCourt Copy Share Image
There are plenty of people in the in the military and high ranking generals that do not feel that they have been… — Kimberly Guilfoyle Copy Share Image
“himself standing before one of the most decorated and powerful generals in the world. The black chair turned slowly as the large… — Leanne Davis Copy Share Image
“We have more generals today than we did at the end of World War II, and more troops in Germany than during… — Andrew Heaton Copy Share Image
“...generals outrank colonels who, in turn, outrank majors and captains and lieutenants, and everyone, but everyone, outranks children. Within the ranks of… — Kay Redfield Jamison Copy Share Image
“There had been reports in recent days that Trump wanted a general to manage his office; generals appeal to him, perhaps because… — Amy Davidson Sorkin 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
When Secretary [Hillary] Clinton talks about this, I mean, I'll take the admirals and I'll take the generals any day over the… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
We all know why [the generals] are so critical of the defense secretary. They're being defensive because they weren't able to implement… — Stephen Colbert 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
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
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
“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
“I mean, I don't know much about the Civil War, but whenever I think of that time—I mean, ever since Gone With… — William Styron Copy Share Image
It is certainly of great importance for a general to keep his plans secret; and Frederick the Great was right when he… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and… — A. A. Gill 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
The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special… — Leo Tolstoy 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
“I here behold a Commander in Chief who looks idle and is always busy; who has no other desk than his knees,… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
![“When Secretary [Hillary] Clinton talks about this, I mean, I'll take the admirals and I'll take the generals any day over the political hacks that I see that have led our country so brilliantly over the last 10 years with their knowledge. OK? Because look at the mess that we're in.” quote by Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/donald-trump-18_admiral_when-secretary-hillary-clinton-talks-abo_847061.jpg)
![“We all know why [the generals] are so critical of the defense secretary. They're being defensive because they weren't able to implement his brilliant plan [on screen: Operation 'Greet Us As Liberators']. It was so simple: Go in with 100,000 troops, topple the regime, everybody loves us, and we…” quote by Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/stephen-colbert-503_able_we-all-know-why-the-generals-are-so-crit_2812898.png)
![“One of the things I would immediately do [as Commander in Chief ], in addition to defeating them here at home, is bring back the warrior class - Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. Every single one of these generals I know. Every one was retired early because they told President [Barack]…” quote by Carly Fiorina](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/carly-fiorina-1077_barack_one-of-the-things-i-would-immediately-do_299161.png)
