DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

 

FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF, & FORMER PRESIDENT, U.S.A.

 

"The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to give commands in such manner as to inspire an intense desire to obey; while the opposite manner cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey."

—MAJOR GENERAL JOHN M. SCHOFIELD

 

“THE WORDS ABOVE have meaning to every man who has ever served in the armed forces of the United States. They express the spirit which should always guide the leaders in the armies of a free nation. They were first spoken in an address at West Point in August, 1887. By the time I was a cadet in rorI they had been cast on a bronze tablet at an entrance to old South Barracks where they could be seen daily by passing cadets and every plebe was required to memorize them. These are, literally, the"Words to Live By" of the U. S. Army, and the great leaders are the ones who have lived up to them.”

 - DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER