Occupation: Soldier Birth: February 12, 1893 Death: April 8, 1981
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents..
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them must share the guilt for the dead..
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it..
The greatest leader in the world could never win a campaign unless he understood the men he had to lead..
The wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy. ... Red China is not the powerful nation seeking to dominate the worl….
We live in a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants, in a world that has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. We have ….
We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount..
We are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours..
It seems very unfortunate that in order to secure political preference, people are made Vice President who are never intended, neither by party nor b….
This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our ….
A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander..
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants..
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner..
Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics..
Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay..
The nation needs men who think in terms of service to their country and not in terms of their country's debt to them..
Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybod….
Muddy language is not confined to policies alone. Each of you has seen replies to simple questions in which the meaning was lost through hopelessly o….
In war there is no second prize for the runner-up..
Each player on this team whether he shines in the spotlight or eats dirt on the line, must be an All-American..
As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral..