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As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'

— Duke of Wellington

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

May He who holds in his hands the destinies of nations, make you worthy of the favors He has bestowed, and enabled you with pure hearts and hands and sleepless vigilance, to guard and defend to the end of time, the great charge He has committed to your keeping.

— J. Reuben Clark

It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.

— Paddy Chayefsky

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

— Carl von Clausewitz

I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers.

— George Armstrong Custer

If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.

— Sun Tzu

Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops.

— David Hackworth

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

— Karel Capek

✗Opposing Perspectives

I like quoting 'Lord of the Rings': 'My list of allies grows thin! My list of enemies grows long!'

— Ronda Rousey

The commanding general publishes, for the information of all concerned, that hereafter all persons found within our lines who commit acts for the benefit of the enemies of our country will be tried as spies or traitors, and, if convicted, will suffer death.

— Ambrose Burnside

I want you to give all these chiefs of the soldiers here to understand that we are for peace, and that we have made peace, that we may not be mistaken by them for enemies.

— Black Kettle