In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things.

Famous Quotes / Edmund Burke

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Edmund Burke: "In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things."

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Account	Armies	Army	Authority
Command	Conciliating	Draw	Eyes
Faction	Fluctuation	Full	General
Himself	Kind	Military	Mutinous
Obedience	Obey	Officers	Other
Personal	Popular	Possesses	Remain
Securing	Soldiery	Spirit	State
Things	Time	True	Understands
Until	Upon	Weakness

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In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things. - Edmund Burke