A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given.
The term "general" is used in two ways: as the generic title for all grades of general officer; and as a specific rank. Since the late twentieth century, the rank of general is usually the highest active ra...
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Quotations About This Subject:
- A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him. ,
- Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. ,
- Like the old soldier of the ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye. ,
- To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous. ,
- I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary. ,
- The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. ,
- I made all my generals out of mud. ,
- Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals. ,
- The best generals I have known were... stupid or absent-minded men. Not only does a good army commander not need any special qualities, on the contrary he needs the absence of the highest and best human attributes -- love, poetry, tenderness, and philosophic inquiring doubt. He should be limited, firmly convinced that what he is doing is very important (otherwise he will not have sufficient patience), and only then will he be a brave leader. God forbid that he should be humane, should love, or pity, or think of what is just and unjust. ,
- In enterprise of martial kind, when there was any fighting, he led his regiment from behind -- he found it less exciting.
Characters With This Occupation:
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ,
- Vrlitwhai Kridanik ,
- Maximus Decimus Meridius ,
- Lord Cornwallis ,
- Stonewall Jackson ,
- Tempus ,
- Theron ,
- Theron, Rankan General ,
- Lacan Ajami ,
- The Defender
School:
- Rufus King High School ,
- Washington and Lee University ,
- Arrupe Jesuit High School ,
- Robert E. Lee High School ,
- Towson High School ,
- Miami Jackson High School ,
- Stonewall Jackson High School ,
- Robert E. Lee High School ,
- Stonewall Jackson High School ,
- Wayne High School
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