“Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.”
Kofi Annan
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
John Quincy Adams
“Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted their troops, and there is no more serious crime in the law of war. The Army says they never leave their wounded. The Marines say they never leave even their dead. These men have left all the casualties and retreated behind a pious shield of public rectitude. They have left the real stuff of their reputation bleaching behind them in the sun in this country.”
Senator John Kerry
“A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.”
John J. Pershing
“Show me a poorly uniformed troop and I'll show you a poorly uniformed leader.”
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
“Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship.”
Black Kettle
“If we are putting our troops in imminent danger, we must do our best to provide them with peace of mind as well,”
Leonard Boswell
