| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 1182 |
| AUTHOR: | George Washington (1732–99) |
| QUOTATION: | Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | General GEORGE WASHINGTON, general orders, July 6, 1777.—The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 8, p. 359 (1933). |
| SUBJECTS: | Military affairs |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia |
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