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Military Commander Inspirational Quotes (367)

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War means fighting. The business of the soldier is to fight. ... To move swiftly, strike vigorously, and secure all the fruits of victory is the secret of successful war.
Stonewall Jackson
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The possession of unnecessary implements makes difficult the collection of taxes and dues and tends to foment uprisings.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
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Look, how they scold me for all my loving and tippling, now that the silvery edges shine forth from my brow!
Abu Yahya al-Libi
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It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.
William Westmoreland
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Always do everything you ask of those you command.
George S. Patton
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I read the Bible - every goddamn day.
George S. Patton
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I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts.... I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to let those things bounce off .
William Westmoreland
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So as through a glass and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names - but always me.
George S. Patton
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There is no such thing as a successful defense.
George S. Patton
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Sometimes the most exciting journey you can make is through your own imagination.
Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
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To be a successful soldier, you must know history.
George S. Patton
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President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
William Westmoreland
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Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war.
George S. Patton
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My logisticians are a humorless lot ... they know if my campaign fails, they are the first ones I will slay.
Alexander the Great
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Always do more than is required of you.
George S. Patton
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At Achilles tomb, O fortunate youth, to have found Homer as the herald of your glory!
Alexander the Great
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This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.
William Westmoreland
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If you go into a battle, it's better to win the first time.
George S. Patton
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As a doctor I had no choice. As a philosopher I had too many.
Hannibal
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Make your plans to fit the circumstances.
George S. Patton
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On their side more men are standing, on ours more will fight!
Alexander the Great
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If we aren't victorious, let no man come back alive!
George S. Patton
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Often I have encountered in life that great disappointments have proved to be the road to future successes.
George S. Patton
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Toil and risk are the price of glory, but it is a lovely thing to live with courage and die leaving an everlasting fame.
Alexander the Great
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