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1 " Leadership and obedience are the two legs on which a warrior's life is balanced. Without both, victory cannot be achieved.Leadership depends on information and comprehension. Not so obedience. Sometimes a commander may choose to share details of his plan. Often he may not. In either case, obedience must be instant and complete.Such automatic response relies on trust between commander and those commanded. And that trust can only be obtained through leadership. "
2 " He was a commander in the Russian army at a time when the Russians were our enemies and still part of the Soviet Union . This wasn't very long ago, Alex.The collapse of communism. It was only in 1989 that the Berlin Wall came down." She stopped. " I suppose none of this means very much to you." " Well, it wouldn't," Alex said. " I was only two years old. "
3 " Courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity or if it is insisted upon by a commander irresponsibility. "
4 " In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory. "
5 " To win this war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern. "
