Abraham Lincoln

General George McClellan was one of the early strategists and commanders for the North during the Civil War. His plans included the famous "Anaconda Plan," which aimed to suffocate the South. President Lincoln preferred to think of the strategy as a chain, and showed this preference in his choice of words after the Battle of Antietam. Sitting the General down, the President told him, in your Inexplicable British Accent Quote of the Day, "You are the weakest link, Goodbye."