The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.
History tells us that a general can move and feed an army as efficiently as he likes, but the real litmus test is the battlefield.
I've been a soldier too long to refuse to entertain any request from a potential commander in chief.
A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence.
Sometimes when troops are overseas working these incredibly long hours in a difficult situation, they're not always hearing how much they're appreciated.
Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.
A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.
I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.