General Quotes
If you tell people where to go, but not how to get there, you'll be amazed at the results.
George S. Patton
General
I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
Douglas Macarthur
American military leader
It's important in any organization that if visions have any reality at all, it's because the organization believes that the vision is right and that they share in it. Otherwise, it becomes the good idea of one person, and that even more importantly contributes to the sense that it will not survive the departure of that individual.
Eric Shinseki
Former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
It is decisive to completely destroy Warsaw.
Heinz Guderian
German general
Fish are a renewable resource, and one of the problems we've had is people feel obliged to catch the limit, then throw 'em in the garbage can.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Military General
In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.
Erwin Rommel
German general
Economically, ISIS is making money every day on the black market with their oil fields. But they are also putting money in banks. We know where those banks are. We should go after the banks and the facilitators using them.
Jack Keane
retired American four-star general
Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war.
Douglas Macarthur
American military leader
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
George S. Patton
General
I am determined to offer an apology with my death.
Hideki Tojo
soldier
We're all concerned about the budget. We're all concerned about what's happening financially in our country. There's no question about it. Congress is working day and night. In fact, every time I go home the lights are on at the top of the Capitol.
James F. Amos
Marine Corps
I am an armor officer.
Eric Shinseki
Former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
The magnificent army that fought in Desert Storm is a great army, and it still is a magnificent army today. But it was one we designed for the Cold War, and the Cold War has been over for ten years now.
Eric Shinseki
Former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
I ended the war a horse ahead.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Confederate general
The one effective method of defending one's own territory from an offensive by air is to destroy the enemy's air power with the greatest possible speed.
Giulio Douhet
Italian general
What people don't understand is this is something that we only have in America. There is no other country in the world where the ordinary citizen can go out and enjoy hunting and fishing. There's no other nation in the world where that happens. And it's very much a part of our heritage.
Norman Schwarzkopf
Military General
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
George S. Patton
General
I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too.
Paul Von Hindenburg
Former President of Germany
It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
Jack Keane
retired American four-star general
The America I know is trusted, sometimes guardedly, but among those who aspire to improve the lives of their citizens, among those who feel vulnerable, and among those who want an equal voice in a partnership, we remain the partner of choice. The America I know leads, sometimes cautiously, but always ethically.
Martin Dempsey
General
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