I remember when I was a private soldier. I remember the days when I was taken care of and when I was not taken care of. Tommy Franks
What you did was the greatest thing accomplished by any private soldier of all of the armies of Europe. Ferdinand Foch
The [chief] characteristic of Hitler's leadership [was] his over-estimation of the power of the will. [To win the war] this will had only to be translated into faith down to the youngest private soldier. Erich von Manstein
I must emphasise that at private soldier level you frequently have no idea where you are, or precisely how you got there, let alone why. George MacDonald Fraser
Not much over £1,000 a month for the private soldier on operations is hardly an impressive figure. Mike Jackson
Let us remember, when we are inclined to be disheartened, that the private soldier is a poor judge of the fortunes of a great battle. William Ralph Inge