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Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
Bernard Law Montgomery
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Bernard Law Montgomery
Age: 88 †
Born: 1887
Born: November 17
Died: 1976
Died: March 24
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On the eve of this great adventure I send my best wishes to every soldier in the Allied team. To us is given the honour of striking a blow for freedom which will live in history and in the better days that lie ahead men will speak with pride of our doings.
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Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.
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Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.
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Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
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