Quotes on Military

In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

Success demands a high level of logistical and organizational competence.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

I'd rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind.

If, however, there is to be a war of nerves let us make sure our nerves are strong and are fortified by the deepest convictions of our hearts.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.

To conquer the command in the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat.

We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.

They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.

Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I have to take him from the ranks!

War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.

We have a lot of anxieties, and one cancels out another very often.

Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.

Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolor, or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure.