Cliff

“An army isn’t made of its officers, you know, though we officers like to think it is. An army is no better than its men, and when you find good men, you must look after them. That’s an officer’s job.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Tiger

“Obadiah Hakeswill had never been concerned by such enmity. Power did not lie in being liked, but in being feared.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Tiger

“Violence may not be good, my friend, but it has a certain efficiency in the resolution of otherwise insoluble problems.”
― Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe's Revenge