• The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.

    Ulysses S. Grant: The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to judge correctly what is going on in front.
    Ulysses S. Grant (2007). “Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant”, p.134, Cosimo, Inc.