Category: army general
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War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.
William Tecumseh Sherman
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I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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War’s a profanity because, let’s face it, you’ve got two opposing sides trying to settle their differences by killing as many of each other as they can.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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May the eyes of cowards never sleep
Khalid ibn al-Walid
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I have dedicated my life to the way of Allah, Most High.
Khalid ibn al-Walid
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Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right.
Robert E. Lee
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The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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The French complain of everything, and always.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I’ve done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?
Douglas MacArthur
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To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak – you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
Norman Schwarzkopf