Politicians Quote by Ann F Lewis

Not only generals can be politicians, and not only generals can be defense ministers.

— Ayelet Shaked

War is too serious to be entrusted to generals

— Georges Clemenceau

“Generals, on the average, are far less bellicose than journalists or patriotic housewives: They know the horrors of a war and they dislike any…

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

— Jean Chretien

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war.

— Georges Clemenceau

In general, our generals were outgeneralled.

— John Adams

It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.

— Anonymous

Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them.

— Christopher Vokes

Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.

— Jay Samit

“It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and organise the worst war crimes.”

— Noam Chomsky

Career politicians have become increasingly more ineffective.

— John E. James

Generals are not to be too scrupulous.

— Napoleon Bonaparte