SOLDIERING ACCORDING TO CORY

“A soldier’s strength lies in having a Commander-in-Chief who is the people’s choice and not his. The soldier’s honor lies in the fact that she was his choice as well.” “A soldier’s role is not in politics. He is the guarantor of the people’s security and the protector of the people’s government.” “It is not the soldiers who can make a government fit for themselves. It is only the people that can do that. For the soldier must serve the people’s government: not the people a soldier’s government.” “An army ordered to wage war on its own people is an army betrayed. A war can only be just if it is waged under a leadership representative of the people, and a leadership moreover, that had earnestly sought peace through honest political means before trying to impose order through force.” “A crook not only makes a corrupt general, but a bad one too.” “Our armed forces, like the rest of our nation, has been liberated. Gone are the shackles of your performance, but gone too are the excuses. As your Commander-in-Chief, I shall only be satisfied with the best.” “We will not solve this problem (of insurgency) just sheathing our swords; we must also harness our plougshares.”