Christopher

“Don't follow the crowd, let the crowd follow you.”
― Margaret Thatcher

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
― George S. Patton

“No Senior military commander can for years on end expect his soldiers to lay down their lives for victory and then precipitate defeat by his own hand.”
― Erich von Manstein, Lost Victories: The War Memoirs of Hitler's Most Brilliant General

“As supreme commander, Eisenhower had to balance political and personal rivalries, while maintaining his authority within the alliance. He was well liked by Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and by General Sir Bernard Montgomery, the commander-in-chief of 21st Army Group, but neither rated him highly as a soldier.”
― Antony Beevor, D-Day: The Battle for Normandy