Jaye Brooks Sr.

“Gentlemen,” I said to my officers, “let’s talk about discipline within our army, and let’s consider our danger from no-account leaders. Unfortunately, such rogues sometimes find more followers than good leaders. Promising everyone a good time with plenty of instant rewards, these scoundrels can exert much more influence than virtuous men, who end up alone on steep, rocky paths.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War

“Thus it should appear to everyone that the best pastime of all is to be often in good company, far from unworthy men and from unworthy activities from which no good can come.”
― Geoffroi De Charny, A Knight's Own Book of Chivalry

“The only difference between war and murder is the number of dead.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Last Argument of Kings

“Your leader is only one man,” I heard my voice say. “His strength is no more supernatural than your own, nor is his virtue, and by himself he could never preserve the good things that belong by right to everyone. To govern well, he must have your help—the help of his true, trustworthy friends. You must forever be worthy of his trust, and you must raise up true friends of your own, to help you carry your own burdens. And it is love that must bind all of us together.”
― Xenophon, Cyrus the Great: The Arts of Leadership and War