"Why do we sit here, twiddling our thumbs when there is an army waiting to be taken by us ?" "You're a commissioned officer, sir, and I'm only a private." "Never mind about that.

You're a veteran of many years and many fights, and I know but little.

Why do we sit still in the dust and fail to take the great prize that's offered to us ?" "The men of an army, sir, do the fighting, but its generals are its brains.

It is for the brains to judge, to see and to command.

The generals cannot win without the men, and the men cannot win without the generals.