Sam Manekshaw Quotes
1914–2008 India
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There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.
Then I guess Pakistan would have won (the 1971 war).
The status of the field marshal of the country or the equivalent has to be unique for the nation.
Whether an atom bomb is necessary or not, in this world if you want to be recognized, if you don’t want to be kicked about, you have to be powerful both militarily and economically.
It's nonsense that people join the army to serve the country, like the politicians do it only for the sake of the country.
If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.
Professional knowledge and professional competence are the main attributes of leadership. Unless you know, and the men you command know that you know your job, you will never be a leader.
Give me a man or a woman with common sense and who is not an idiot and I assure you can make a leader out of him or her.
You know I have no political ambitions. My job is to command my army and see that it is kept as a first rate instrument. Your job is to look after the country.
To the hypothetical question where outside India I would like to stay, I said: Naturally UK. I know the British, know their language, whereas elsewhere I will have to get myself familiar with the people and learn their language refresh.