Winston Churchill (c. 1874-1965)
“Once the process of heresy-hunting pervades an army, true comradeship dies. Officers are promoted not for professional knowledge but for being glib in the party patter. Pretence infects every rank and every unit. A bad officer gets on by mouthing orthodox political doctrines.”
- From Sir Winston Churchill’s “It’s Not All Over Yet” (dated February 17, 1938), included in Winston S. Churchill Step By Step: Political Writings 1936-1939 (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015).
