The Times wrote an article on the origins of the title .
`` While some reviewers in the UK have criticized the film for misquoting the commonly used phase of `` '' lions led by donkeys '' '' , < ref name=DailyMailmisquote > { { cite news | last = Tookey | first = Christopher | title = Redford 's anti-war lecture Lions For Lambs is missing in action | publisher = Daily Mail | date = November 13 2007 | url =   ? in_article_id=492601 & in_page_id=1924 < blockquote > One such composition included the observation , 'Nowhere have I seen such Lions led by such Lambs . ' ''
Lions for Lambs