Court Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right…

— Philip Danforth Armour

In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A good general chooses his battlefield.

— Tony Slydini

I think if Donald Trump should become commander in chief, we all want that in a leader, somebody who is able to fight back.

— Robert Jeffress

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

— Winston Churchill

I think they need to remove the general. He is unfit for the position he is being called upon to serve, precisely because he's…

— James Zogby

A battle is won by him who is firmly resolved to win it.

— Leo Tolstoy

No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.…

— Sun Tzu

Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.…

— Sun Tzu

General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out!

— James Longstreet

A beaten general is disgraced forever.

— Ferdinand Foch

If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a…

— Augustus William Hare