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Military Quotes by Erwin Rommel
- I would rather he had given me one more division
- The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning…
- War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.
- One of the most important factors, not only in military matters but in life as a whole, is ... the ability to direct one's whole…
- But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
- Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don'tin your…
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- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible… — M H Abrams
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
- The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance,… — Charles Babbage
- Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? — Joan Baez
- Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. — Philip James Bailey