“I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.” IfsMenWarFailingMilitaryObedienceCivil WarGrantsBad Ass Author:Ulysses S. Grant
“[A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.” IfsForceNumbersMilitaryDutyArmsUnderstoodEuropeSoldierCommandObedienceFormidableMilitary Force Book:The Student's Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The Student's Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire