Military Governments Quotes

Patton always believed that Eisenhower wanted to be President. At the beginning of the war Patton was much senior to Eisenhower, but President Roosevelt promoted Eisenhower above many more senior generals. Eisenhower thought Patton the best fighting general in the army, but a public relations and administrative problem. Several times when he had gone too far, Eisenhower reprimanded him but kept him in his command position. After the fighting was over, Patton became the military governor of part of Germany and was not as successful at peacekeeping and nation building as he was at fighting. Eisenhower was convinced that Patton would destroy himself and get fired by the army command and the President if he continued as governor. Patton confused Eisenhower’s prudent and politic demeanor with the allies as a lack of courage. And Patton could never get over the fact that Eisenhower and never commanded an army fighting in the field. He was jumped to Supreme Allied Commander, in a very bold and brilliant stroke by FDR who passed over many senior generals.

Louis Napoleon had lead a military takeover or the French democratic republican government. The other great European powers, with the exception of England and Belgium at the time did not have parliaments or they were powerless and the countries were all monarchies with most of the monarchies and the aristocracy hateful of anything involving sharing their power with legislatures. This is despite the incredible success of England with its Constitutional Monarchy and Queen who was very pleased with it.

1st Baron Macaulay

In early America and up to WWII, generally it was the conservatives like Fisher who were opposed to a strong military and many wanted no military at all except in times of war. It was President Dwight Eisenhower who turned the right wing of America into a pro military force.

Restorer of Civilian Democracy to Brazil. He had organized a democratic election of civilians and had just stepped down.