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General, unless he offers us honorable terms, come back and let us fight it out!
I have found a unique opportunity to distinguish myself and to learn my trade. I am a general officer in the army of the United States of America. My zeal in their cause and my frankness have won their trust.
Whether a general or a seller, what matters is that you do your job with responsibility.
The sergeant major
In general, generalization is to lie, to tell lies.
The money, as promised, was in the trunk of the general's official
Only general officers were entitled to know our true rank. To all others our standard reply to the inevitable question, "What is your rank?" was simply a firm, "My rank is confidential, but at this moment I am not outranked."39
General knowledges are those knowledges that idiots possess.
A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.
Each man's life is a kind of campaign, and a long and complicated one at that. You have to maintain the character of a soldier, and do each separate act at the bidding of the General.
Generalization is impossible. It is an insult.
Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?
It's war that makes generals
No general can fight his battles alone. He must depend upon his lieutenants, and his success depends upon his ability to select the right man for the right place.
American newspaper?" "The Tribune, general." Dornberger
The general that hearkens to my counsel and acts upon it, will conquer: let such a one be retained in command! The general that hearkens not to my counsel nor acts upon it, will suffer defeat: - let such a one be dismissed!
Go tell your general for me that if he does not immediately withdraw his men, I will send them to hell!
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A general is powerless without an army.
An army is directionless without a general.
To win battles a general and an army need each other.
The most important decisions in organizations are people decisions, and yet only the military, and only recently, has begun to ask, "If we assign this general to lead this base, what do we expect him to accomplish?"
It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and organise the worst war crimes.
Because I've done a lot of television, I'm sort of a generalist. I'm not a pastry cook, but I've had to learn a certain amount about it. I'm not a baker, though I've had to learn how to do it. I'm sort of a general cook.
A general and a bit of shooting makes you forget your troubles ... it takes your mind off the cost of living.
Good general theory does not search for the maximum generality, but for the right generality.
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.
Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general's tent.
There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
In Russia, we have proverb: Only bad soldiers don't want to be general.
A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was the earliest, so will it be the latest, of all the public concerns in which I shall permit myself to take an interest.
True wisdom for a general is vigorous determination.
As soon as there is language, generality has entered the scene.
Now there are five matters to which a general must pay strict heed. The first of these is administration; the second, preparedness; the third, determination; the fourth, prudence; and the fifth, economy.
Generals are not to be too scrupulous.
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A great doctor kills more people than a great general.
The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.
She said, on general principles.
When are they going to stop calling me General?"
"When are they going to stop calling me Princess?"
Han & Leia
General Electric.' It has a rather nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.
GSD?' murmured Mycroft. 'What in heaven's name is that?'
'Global Standard Deity,' answered Polly. 'It's a mixture of all the religions. I think it's meant to stop religious wars.
General Fuller just called to inform me Rock has officially been listed as a rogue operator." "What
Seeing the enemy as human. A general's ultimate nightmare.
He's the president. I'm the general. Unless I want to get impeached, I got to do what he says.
If you want an expert on war, you get a retired general. I'm not exactly a general, but I am retired.
GOD means General Of Dominion.
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.
That which is chiefly the office of a general, to force the enemy into fighting when he finds himself the stronger, and to avoid being driven into it himself when he is the weaker...
The worst sin a general can commit, worse than blundering, worse than losing, worse than anything, is to desert the men who depend on him.
It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better directed by a single mind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at variance and cross-purposes with each other.
It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.
A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy.
General: Where are you from? Spike: London. General: Which part? Spike: ... Well, all of me.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
War is too serious to be entrusted to generals
The majority is still at the General's disposal.
Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them.
My generals should be like bull terriers on chains, and they should want war, war, war ... But what happens now? I want to go ahead with my aggressive politics and the generals try to stop me. That's a false situation.
The GP appeared in its typical V formation. "Goose on the lawn," Luc said. "Goose?" I asked. "That V formation. I like to use derogatory terms to describe the GP whenever possible.
Ggrace is God's best idea - it's His decision to ravage people by love, to rescue passionately, and to restore justly.
I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.
To Generalize is to be an Idiot; To Particularize is the Alone Distinction of Merit.
Generals think war should be waged like the tourneys of the Middle Ages. I have no use for knights; I need revolutionaries.
As a man handles his troubles during the day, so he goes to bed at night a General, Captain, or Private.
In any war who pulls their general out? No one.
Before this war is over, I intend to be a Major General or a corpse.
I'm not a general or a colonel or a builder of cities. I'm just a corpse who wants not to be.
When the hell did things one who comes up with the wacky, impossible plans. I'm supposed to be the general here. Now I'm barely a lieutenant.
Every one of my opponents, every one of my critics, will tell you that I am a generalist spread far too thin in an age when this is not done anymore, when responsible knowledge is specialized knowledge.
You're the only kick-ass general I know who needs three gay boys to dress him, John."
"But I only need one gay boy to undress me.
Only bad generals need heroes.
Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings.
General: I attempted to take Williamsport yesterday, but found too large a force of infantry and artillery. After a long fight, I withdrew to this place.
Whatever people say about the General today, I can only testify that he was a sincere man who believed in everything he said, even if it was a lie, which makes him not so different from most.
Haven't you ever heard of the saying, "If you want to shoot the general, first shoot the horse!"?'
Lin
If you wanna shoot the general, then you should just SHOOT THE GENERAL!'
Ed
Many generals believe that they have done everything as soon as they have issued orders, and they order a great deal because they find many abuses. This is a false principle; proceeding in this fashion, they will never reestablish discipline
There are only two things to be done when a general is angry: One is to get behind the furniture and pretend one is not there; the other is to distract his mind.
G.O.D Great Omnipresent Divinity
Mrs General had no opinions. Her way of forming a mind was to prevent it from forming opinions. She had a little circular set of mental grooves or rails on which she started little trains of other people's opinions, which never overtook one another, and never got anywhere.
I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.
Hi there. You must be the boss of this operation. I'm Bonnie, formerly known as B785, or as the general liked to fondly call me, that irritating bloody bitch. But you can call me your newest pain in the ass.
The ground must be a general's best friend, or it becomes his worst enemy.
It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
The General belonged to the learned type of military men who believed that liberal and humane views can be reconciled with their profession. But being by nature a kind and intelligent man, he soon felt the impossibility of such a reconciliation.
As we will see in the following pages, peacetime is not always kind to generals and they do not necessarily do well outside their task of generaling. Perhaps that is because during war they become as close to gods on earth as we are ever likely to see. Patton
NAPOLEON: What shall we do with this soldier, Giuseppe? Everything he says is wrong. GIUSEPPE: Make him a general, Excellency, and then everything he says will be right.
Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.
It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.
John Adams commented after one disastrous defeat, In general, our Generals were outgeneralled.
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.
I think people have problems sometimes when things are too general. In fact, they are not really general at all.
If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But, if orders are clear and the soldiers nevertheless disobey, then it is the fault of their oficers.
Greetings, Colonel. Please sit
a South American mercenary who served as Inspector General of the Turkish forces in Armenia, reported that the Governor-General of the province had ordered the local authorities in Adil Javus 'to exterminate all Armenian males of twelve years of age and over'.
War is too important to be left to the generals
There is such an equality among them that the officers have no authority. The privates are all generals, but not soldiers.
General Taylor is, I have no doubt, a well-meaning old man. He is, however, uneducated, exceedingly ignorant of public affairs, and I should judge, of very ordinary capacity.
Americans have seen fit to elect twelve generals to the U.S. presidency, but even before there was a United States of America generals ruled the earth. Take
Generalisations should be ignored