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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 gunners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/the-harder-the-fighting-and-the-longer-the-war-the-more-the-infantry/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

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## More by Bernard Law Montgomery

> [My own definition of leadership is this: The capacity and the will to rally men and women to a common purpose and the character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/my-own-definition-of-leadership-is-this-the-capacity-and-the-will-to/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/if-we-lose-the-war-in-the-air-we-lose-the-war-and-we-lose-it-quickly/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [Rule 1, on page I of the book of war, is: "Do not march on Moscow". Various people have tried it, Napoleon and Hitler,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/rule-1-on-page-i-of-the-book-of-war-is-do-not-march-on-moscow-various/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [To us is given the honor of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days that lie…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/to-us-is-given-the-honor-of-striking-a-blow-for-freedom-which-will/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [As God once said, and I think rightly...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/as-god-once-said-and-i-think-rightly/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [Let no man surrender so long as he is unwounded and can fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/let-no-man-surrender-so-long-as-he-is-unwounded-and-can-fight/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [The Sappers really need no tribute from me; their reward lies in the glory of their achievement. The more science intervenes in warfare, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/the-sappers-really-need-no-tribute-from-me-their-reward-lies-in-the/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/the-harder-the-fighting-and-the-longer-the-war-the-more-the-infantry/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is given the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/on-the-eve-of-this-great-adventure-i-send-my-best-wishes-to-every/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/why-does-soldiers-leave-the-protection-of-his-trench-hole-in-the/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [The commander must decide how he will fight the battle before it begins. He must then decide who he will use the military effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/the-commander-must-decide-how-he-will-fight-the-battle-before-it/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/there-is-such-an-equality-among-them-that-the-officers-have-no/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset - its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/air-power-is-indivisible-if-you-split-it-up-into-compartments-you/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/decisions-and-a-general-a-commander-in-chief-who-has-not-got-the/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

> [Im my profession you have to mystify the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-law-montgomery/im-my-profession-you-have-to-mystify-the-enemy/)

[Bernard Law Montgomery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-law-montgomery/)

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