Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer
Sergeant Williams and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, p. 40
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Rifles (1988)
No Surrender: My Thirty-Year War, tr. Charles Sanford Terry (1999), ISBN 1557506639; after meeting his superior, Taniguchi, the first time in 30 years.
Bernard Cornwell (1944) British writer
Sergeant Williams and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, p. 40
Sharpe (Novel Series), Sharpe's Rifles (1988)
Robert Erskine Childers (1870–1922) Irish nationalist and author
From a letter to the editor, where Childers questions the reasons behind the recent raid of his Dublin home. Irish Times , 19 April 1920.
Literary Years and War (1900-1918), Last Years: Ireland (1919-1922)
“Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell.”
Anthony Wayne (1745–1796) Continental Army general
when asked by General George Washington if he would undertake the capture of Stony Point
Attributed
David Miscavige (1960) leader of the Church of Scientology
[Associated Press, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/22/national/main5102700.shtml, Scientology Smackdown: Report Claims Abuse - Leader Of Church Accused Of Hitting Subordinates, Ex-Officials Tell Newspaper, CBS News, CBS, June 22, 2009, 2010-07-03].
About
“I had no orders, sir, to kill my own men.”
Moses Van Campen (1757–1849) American Revolutionary War scout and Indian-fighter
Sketches of Border Adventures, 1842
Mikael Harutyunyan (1946) Armenian general
Quoted in article "Mikael Harutyunyan: no one will involve army in political processes." panarmenian.net [February 23, 2008]
“To obey a rule, to make a report, to give an order, to play a game of chess, are customs”
Ludwig Wittgenstein book Philosophical Investigations
uses, institutions
§ 199
Philosophical Investigations (1953)
Robert Hayne (1791–1839) American politician
Hayne's Speech on Mr. Foot's Resolution, January 21, 1830, page 16.