Steve King Quotes

Discipline is simply the art of making the soldiers fear their officers more than the enemy.

It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.

In the Navy when you say right full rudder and everyone goes right. It's wonderful. In the private sector [and government] no one pays any attention to you.

Your commission constitutes you commander of all the forces … you are vested with full power and authority to act as you shall think for the good and welfare of the service.

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory.

A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering.

[Tikka Khan] went to East Pakistan with precise orders and came back by precise orders. He did what he was ordered to do, though he wasn't always in agreement, and I picked him because I know he'll follow my orders with the same discipline.

An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.

A sailing ship is no democracy; you don't caucus a crew as to where you'll go anymore than you inquire when they'd like to shorten sail.

Generals don't panic; then the troops never panic.

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success.

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.

Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates.

Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

In matters of business deal only with the commander of the army, column, or party in which you serve. Never give orders to anyone at all, and reserve your directions or advice for the C.O., however great the temptation (for efficiency’s sake).

He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.

An army is not a deliberative body. It is the executive arm. Its law is that of obedience.

Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them.

I guess it's from going to Virginia Military Institute. I'm a good person to follow orders.

If you've been on top of the food chain in the Armed Forces, that's who you are. You're used to dealing with your life in a particular way.

You have to give the soldiers, the Army, a clear vision.

Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.

A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.

Stand by your bed and salute me.