Old soldiers never die, they just lose their grip on reality after traumatic brain injuries.
War’s very object is victory, not prolonged indecision. In war there is no substitute for victory.
Defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
It was close; but that’s the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash.
Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed.
Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
In war, indeed, there can be no substitute for victory.
It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh.
In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
Blank cartridges should never be used against a mob, nor should a volley be fired over the heads of the mob even if there is little danger of hurting persons in the rear. Such things will be regarded as an admission of weakness, or an attempt to bluff, and may do more harm than good.
I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
Preparedness is the key to success and victory.
Global war has become Frankenstein’s monster, threatening to destroy both sides.
I realize that advice is worth what it costs – that is, nothing.
Security lies in our ability to produce.
No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy.
Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War’s very object is victory-not prolonged indecision.
I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.