Humor Quote by Diana Gabaldon

“In general, our generals were out generalled.”

— John Adams

There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.

— Bernard Law Montgomery

Great captains of industry are as rare as great generals

— William Graham Sumner

“A Private who loses his rifle suffers greater consequences than a General who loses a war.”

— Lt. Col. Yingling

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

— Noam Chomsky

“War is too important to be left to the generals”

— Georges Clemenceau

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

If you put on the military uniform, you're a prima facie hero. Generals are the epitome of that. They're the ones who have been…

— H. W. Brands

“A general may succeed for some time in persuading his superiors that he is a good commander: he will never”

— Field Marshal Archibald wavell

“A general does not use the same troops over and over again.”

— John Christopher

“British generals often gave away in stupidity what they had gained in ignorance.”

— Scott Anderson

“We have more generals today than we did at the end of World War II, and more troops in Germany than during our occupation…

— Andrew Heaton