A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.
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In each succeeding war there is a tendency to proclaim as something new the principles under which it is conducted. Not only those who have never studied or experienced the realities of war, but also professional soldiers frequently fall into the error. But the principles of warfare as I learned them at West Point remain unchanged.
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