Army Quote by Sun Tzu

“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders…

— Sun Tzu

I have always told my subordinates that when they commit any mistakes, the blame must be laid on the superior officers.

— Chiang Kai-shek

A commander-in-chief cannot take as an excuse for his mistakes in warfare an order given by his sovereign or his minister when the person…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers have many faults, but they have one redeeming merit; they are never worshippers of force. Soldiers more than any other men are taught…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Soldiers, all men in fact, are natural hero worshipers. Officers with a flare for command realize this and emphasize in their conduct, dress and…

— Robert L. Moore

...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy…

— Ulysses S. Grant

Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.

— Orson Scott Card

An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than that person's…

— George Washington

In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time…

— Edmund Burke

It is absolutely bedrock to the British Army's philosophy that a commanding officer is responsible for what goes on within his command.

— Mike Jackson

“The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report to.”

— Ulysses S. Grant

“We soldiers knew next to nothing about what was going on in the centres of power. We received so many orders and counter-orders that…

— Louis de Bernières