Generals Quotes

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All through history it's the nations that have given most to generals and the least to the people that have been the first to fall — Harry S. Truman
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another. — Duke of Wellington
We resist mindlessness of any kind. Again, drugs, like television, are fine for other people. The more enslaved they are, the easier it is for… — Blanche Barton
It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it… — Alfred Jodl
Strategy was first used in Athens (508 BC) to describe the art of leadership used by the ten generals on the war council. Some argue… — Max McKeown
Today, if we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other-that man, that woman, that child is my… — Mother Teresa
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
There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers. — Bernard Law Montgomery
The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers. — Steven Berkoff
Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all… — Thomas Sydenham
Around the world, the generals are being ousted, and the poets are taking charge. — Warren G. Bennis
Directors are like generals, political dictators, aggressive people...And everyone in the film is always grateful if you can tell them what to do. — Abraham Polonsky
I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration… — William Eldridge Odom
It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people. — Nelson Mandela
Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope that it may find a place in history and… — Robert E. Lee
If everyone could see the image of God in his neighbor, do you think we should still need tanks and generals? — Mother Teresa
My wife and I have just returned from Belgium where, courtesy of the hotel TV, we acquired a new perspective on the Iraq war. The… — David Walker
In any case, decisions on troop levels in the American system of government are not made by any general or set of generals but by… — William Kristol
It is pleasant to be transferred from an office where one is afraid of a sergeant-major into an office where one can intimidate generals, and… — E. M. Forster
The Mexican War was a training ground for generals, so that when the sad self-murders settled on us, the leaders knew the techniques for making… — John Steinbeck

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