#commanders

President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied. ↗

— John Yoo

#applied #bush #commanders #conflict #conventions

During the whole campaign, from June 27 to July 31, there has been no shirking or hesitation, to tiring on the part of a single man so far as I have seen; the brigade commanders reported none. ↗

— John Buford

#brigade #campaign #commanders #during #far

All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated. ↗

— George S. Patton

#donnas #must #prima #prima donnas #successful

The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#commanders #constitution #earnestly #fidelity #hungarian

Commanders and historians are the people who discuss wars; I was in the infantry, and most of the time I did not know where I was or what I was doing except that I was obeying orders and trying not to be killed in any of the variety of horrible ways open to me. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#fifth-business #historians #infantry #orders #survival

If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders. ↗

— John Buford

#cavalry #commanders #i #i believe #me

As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable. ↗

— Howard Coble

#commanders #congress #debate #i #iraqi

A sagging economy, a soaring national debt, and an increasingly restive Congress pushed Obama to order troop reductions that are both deeper and faster than recommended by his military commanders. ↗

— Ron Fournier

#commanders #congress #debt #deeper #economy

Your commanders have ordered you to storm the White House and to arrest me. But I as the elected President of Russia give you the order to turn your tanks and not to fight against your own people. ↗

— Boris Yeltsin

#arrest #commanders #elected #fight #give

Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but more importantly to our enemy. ↗

— Bill Shuster

#commanders #enemy #importantly #message #military