Military Leader Quotes - Page 2

• Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.

  George S. Patton

  Leadership, War, Men

  Cavalry Journal, September 1933.

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• A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

  Polybius

  Leadership, Creative, Victory

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• Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Courage, Military, War

  Carl von Clausewitz (2012). “Principles of War”, p.14, Courier Corporation

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• A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Success, Witty, Memorial Day

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1953

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  People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

  Richard Grenier

  Strength, Wisdom, Veterans Day

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• Live for something rather than die for nothing. —George Patton

  Cindy Gerard

  Military, Army Officers, Dies

  Cindy Gerard (2008). “Whisper No Lies”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.

  Theodore Hesburgh

  Leadership, Blow, Common Vision

  Interview with Philip Scarpino, tobiascenter.iu.edu. January 6, 2009.

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• Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men.

  George S. Patton

  Military, War, 4th Of July

  "Cavalry Journal", September 1933.

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• Live for something rather than die for nothing.

  George S. Patton

  Birthday, Military, Army

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• No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, General Press (2016). “The Art of War”, p.61, GENERAL PRESS

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• Get the hell out of my way!

  Ayn Rand

  Strength, Courage, Philosophy

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2340, Penguin

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• Do not follow where the path may lead.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Graduation, Travel, Adventure

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• Often times the best military leaders were soldiers.

  Jim Caviezel

  Military, Leader, Soldier

  "Jim Caviezel Talks WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL, His Passion For Filmmaking and Why He'll Never Direct An Episode Of PERSON OF INTEREST". Interview with Tommy Cook, collider.com. August 21, 2014.

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• The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Military, People, Giving

  Carl von Clausewitz (2012). “Principles of War”, p.62, Courier Corporation

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• A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.

  Albert Kesselring

  Military, Leader, Trying

  "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.

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• We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.

  Eric Hoffer

  Military, Moving, Fighting

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• The American people rightly look to their military leaders to be not only skilled in the technical aspects of the profession of arms, but to be men of integrity

  J. Lawton Collins

  Integrity, Military, Men

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• There were other Anti-Christs among the Nephites, but they were more military leaders than religious innovators... they are all of one breed and brand; so nearly alike that one mind is the author of them, and that a young and underdeveloped, but piously inclined mind. The evidence I sorrowfully submit, points to Joseph Smith as their creator. It is difficult to believe that they are a product of history, that they came upon the scene separated by long periods of time, and among a race which was the ancestral race of the red man of America.

  B. H. Roberts

  Religious, Military, Believe

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• In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of American troops and perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia would go red from Thailand to Indonesia.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Military, Leader, President

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• I've traveled with Jack Murtha to Iraq three times to learn more about the region, talk with our diplomats and military leaders, and meet with our troops. Those visits are the main reason that I opposed the War in Iraq since its inception.

  John B. Larson

  Military, War, Iraq

  "Why I Support Murtha for Majority Leader" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2006.

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• The repeal of don't ask, don't tell didn't change things for transgender people in the military. What it has done, though, I think, is it has taught our military leaders that they don't need to be afraid of these issues.

  Allyson Robinson

  Military, Thinking, Issues

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• General James Mattis is a storied and much-respected military leader.

  Michele Flournoy

  Military, Leader, General James Mattis

  Source: www.npr.org

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• At one point, for example, [Donald Trump] argued that he knew much more than military leaders about the pursuit and defeat of ISIS. His assuredness of his own correctness seems also rooted in arrogance reflecting his fundamental insecurity. This insecurity and his belief in his own rightness, when combined with his success at making money, leads him to be self-reliant in his decision-making, which could result in his taking risks with threatening or using nuclear weapons.

  David Krieger

  Military, Self, Isis

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• There is a reason why George Washington is always one of the top three presidents, and it's not because of his prowess as a military leader; it's not because of the incredible innovations in policy that he introduced. It's because he knew when it was time to go.

  Barack Obama

  Military, Leader, Innovation

  Source: www.vanityfair.com

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• It is a major world power, and today it is an economic and military leader - no doubt about it. That is why America has a strong influence on the situation in the world in general.

  Vladimir Putin

  Strong, Military, America

  Source: www.russianembassy.org

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