Demand Quote by Erwin Rommel

War is only a sort of dramatic representation, a sort of dramatic symbol of a thousand forms of duty. I fancy that it is…

— Woodrow Wilson

Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the…

— Charles Studd

In War, the young soldier is very apt to regard unusual fatigues as the consquence of faults, mistakes, and embarrassment in the conduct of…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“There are always those who wish to sanitize war by portraying its grand and noble deeds-which sometimes occur-while drawing a veil over its shameless…

— John Ferling

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

— Carl von Clausewitz

The core of a soldier is moral discipline. It is intertwined with the discipline of physical and mental achievement. It motivates doing on your…

— William G. Bainbridge

The art of war is to gain time when your strength is inferior.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting…

— John Keegan

The people who are sending our men and women in uniform into conflict need to understand that there are some things worth fighting for,…

— MJ Hegar

One of the main reasons that it is so easy to march men off to war is that each of them feels sorry for…

— Ernest Becker

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of…

— Andre Gide

“You are well aware that it is not numbers or strength that bring the victories in war. No, it is when one side goes…

— Xenophon