Alexander Suvorov Quotes


Large staffs -- small victories


Context

Many hold that the principle holds for politician’s staff’s as well. Staff not only often do little but frequently interfere with those line officials who have to implement policy.


Citations

Alexander V. Suvorov, 1729-1800, Russian Field Marshal, Quoted in Peter G. Tsouras, A Dictionary of Military Quotations

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Alexander Suvorov
Alexander Suvorov
  • Born: November 24, 1729
  • Died: May 18, 1800
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Military Leader, General

Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of Italy, and the last Generalissimo of the Russian Empire. Suvorov is considered one of the greatest military commanders in Russian history and one of the great generals of the early modern period. He was awarded numerous medals, titles, and honors by Russia, as well as by other countries. Suvorov secured Russia's expanded borders and renewed military prestige and left a legacy of theories on warfare. He was the author of several military manuals, the most famous being The Science of Victory, and was noted for several of his sayings. Several military academies, monuments, villages, museums, and orders in Russia are dedicated to him. He never lost a single major battle he had commanded.