I claim we got a hell of a beating. We got run out of Burma and it is as humiliating as hell. I think we ought to find out what caused it, go back an…

- Joseph Stilwell

Direct, forceful, energetic. Loves power, eats up publicity and flattery... Can turn on charm at will and knows it.

- Joseph Stilwell

The Limeys want us in even with our hastily made plans and our half-trained and half-equipped troops.

- Joseph Stilwell

Illegitimis non carborundum. Lat., Don't let the bastards grind you down.

- Joseph Stilwell

A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost. She should go far. The sooner she starts, the better. The higher a monkey…

- Joseph Stilwell

The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of its behind.

- Joseph Stilwell