Quotes About Leadership

Thus the skilful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.

One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never test them except when you see that they hope to win.

You hold in your hands the future of the world.

In war, discipline can do more than fury.

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.

I never knew what to do with a paper except to put it in a side pocket or pass it to a clerk who understood it better than I did.

A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

A man like me troubles himself little about a million men.

I don't object to its being called "McNamara's war." I think it is a very important war and I am pleased to be identified with it and do whatever I can to win it.

When I was alive, I mean the first time, Mussolini was in charge. We were at war." "Mussolini?" Leo frowned. "Wasn't he like BFFs with Hitler?

One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it off to his disadvantage

We have a Democratic Party that cannot defend the American people from the worst Republican Party in history because it's a Democratic Party of war and Wall Street.

By push of bayonets, no firing until you see the whites in their eyes!

If you want to talk about mistakes, every country has mistakes, every government has mistakes, every person has mistakes. When you have a war, you have more mistakes. That's the natural thing.

The transitory interests of royal houses may be advanced in war; the real interests of all people are furthered by the peace.

To insist on strength ... is not war-mongering. It is peace-mongering.

War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.

As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure.

You know the words from the Bible: 'Build not on sand, but on rock....' Tyrant leaders respect only firmness...and laugh at persons who give in to them.