Occupation: Soldier Birth: February 12, 1893 Death: April 8, 1981
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….
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 ….
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it..
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..
A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander..
The nation needs men who think in terms of service to their country and not in terms of their country's debt to them..
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner..
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..
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 ….
I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero..
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….
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..
Peace is our goal but preparedness is the price we must pay..
Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybod….
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants..
In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or o….
As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral..
Amateurs talk strategy. Professionals talk logistics..
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents..