Leadership Quote by Robert M. Gates

I think that it's very important that whoever is in office can trust the U.S. military to provide him with advice in private so…

— Joseph Dunford

Over the years, increasing partisanship has led many members of Congress reflexively to speak in favor of any military action launched by presidents of…

— Tom Malinowski

“They will not face the fact that the military professionals, while some have ideas about society in general that are distorted and must be…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

Members of the military appear to be on this President's mind only when they serve a purpose. In Trump's case, that's popularity by association.

— Brianna Keilar

“Military life and culture seem to be foreign territory for many of the people who write for national magazines and newspapers today. Every time…

— Marcus Luttrell

Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice.

— Robert Kagan

“Generals, on the average, are far less bellicose than journalists or patriotic housewives: They know the horrors of a war and they dislike any…

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

I think it's really important for people to hear what our men and women in the military have to say.

— Joe Nichols

A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

The president and I sat down in the Oval Office, and he expressed very clearly that what he wants from me is my best…

— David Petraeus

There has been a strong tradition in this country that it is not the function of the military to educate the public on political…

— J. William Fulbright

Don't believe stories which you see in the papers about troops asking as a special privilege not to be relieved. We stick it, at…

— Harry Yoxall