Quotes about Military Performance

George S. Patton

Officers who fail to correct errors or to praise excellence are valueless in peace and dangerous misfits in war.

Wesley Clark

Our men and women fighting in Iraq are held accountable for their performance and their conduct. On duty and off, twenty-four hours a day. They're fighting for us, for our safety, our rights, and our freedoms.

William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

There are no bad regiments, there are only bad officers.

David Letterman

Iraq's elite Republican Guard is doing so badly they're changing their name to the Democratic Guard.

Tom Cotton

There's been a lot of disappointments with the Iraqi army, no doubt about that. Some units have performed well, especially their special operations units. But a lot of their units have not.

Max Hastings

The Hapsburg Empire’s generals waltzed better than they fought.

“Hapsburg” was the family name of the Emperors of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. As typical of a heredity absolute monarchy, it was accompanied by a heredity aristocracy from which all the generals and senior officers of the military were selected. Their social graces and skills were assured but not their capability as leaders of any kind—especially military officers.

Martha McSally

If I was a guy, based on how I performed in pilot training, I would have been able to have selected a fighter. I mean, I have always said unemotionally, if we want the best fighting force, why would we have 50 percent of our population not competing for these positions?

Bruce Sterling

I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex.

Leo Bosner

We have good soldiers but crummy generals.

Changes were made and experienced preparedness professionals hired at the top, but with the change of the next administration the agency regressed backwards with a horseshow manager and attorney politically appointed as the head of the agency. After the FIASCO of FEMA’s performance with Hurricane Katrina, the head was fired from relief duties and then resigned.

Frederick the Great

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.

Orrin Hatch

I don't want to be overly critical about our military or our intelligence people, because it's a tough job. But neither should think be beating their breasts and saying what a wonderful job they did.

Military Performance Quotes