Fall Quote by Harry S. Truman

It is not the kings and generals that make history, but the masses of the people.

— Nelson Mandela

Nations, not least America, retain full command of their national forces.

— Mike Jackson

We have good corporals and good sergeants and some good lieutenants and captains, and those are far more important than good generals.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

There are in Europe many good generals, but they see too many things at once. I see one thing, namely the enemy's main body.…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There is a reason why they give the medals to the generals: it is because the world values leadership.

— Anonymous

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

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the…

— Walter Bagehot

“those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.”

— Paul Ham

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Nations, as well as man, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Good generalship is the realisation that you've got to figure out how to accomplish your mission with the minimum loss of human life.

— Norman Schwarzkopf