"They're not going, sir. Not going South."
"And who made that decision, Sergeant?"
"We all did, sir."
"Since when, Sergeant, has this army been a... a democracy?"
"A what, sir?"
"Since when did Sergeants outrank Lieutenants?"

Sergeant Williams and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, p. 40 - Sharpe (Novel Series) - Sharpe's Rifles (1988)