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In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are: if you cannot create harmony - even vicious harmony - on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete.
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In this age, I don't care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are: if you cannot create harmony - even vicious harmony - on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete. — Jim Mattis

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Jim Mattis was a Public Servant from United States (1950–present).

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This quote is attributed to Jim Mattis, a Public Servant from United States.
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Jim Mattis lived from 1950 – present.
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