Battle Quote by Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig

Shoot the brave officers, and the cowards will run away and take the men with them.

— Stonewall Jackson

Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.

— George S. Patton

Some men of the line regiment who had appeared on our right started running back. I shouted out to them to halt, but they…

— William St Leger

An army's bravest men are its cowards. The death which they would not meet at the hands of the enemy they will meet at…

— Ambrose Bierce

We ask our brave men and women in uniform to risk everything to protect us.

— Elise Stefanik

I dare say the men would fight very well if properly officered, although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people.

— George Washington

The officers do not beat the men; the officers and men receive equal treatment. Soldiers are free to hold meetings and speak out. Trivial…

— Mao Zedong

When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send…

— Byron Dorgan

Well we always need brave, capable young men and women who can run a tactical operation and take risks on the battlefield but you…

— Wesley Clark

Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!

— Stonewall Jackson

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.

— Colin Powell

Be brave. Cowards always get hurt. Brave men generally come out unharmed.

— A. B. Simpson