It Follows That Any Commander In Chief Who Undertakes To Carry Out A Plan Which He Considers Defective Is At Faul

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It follows that any commander in chief who undertakes to carry out a plan
which he considers defective is at fault; he must put forth his reasons,
insist of the plan being changed, and finally tender his resignation rather
than be the instrument of his army's downfall.
-- Napoleon Bonaparte, "Military Maxims and Thought"

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