Quotes on Modern Warfare

In war, truth is the first casualty.

I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die.

They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country. But in modern war, there is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes are more frequent, the percentage of men in the population who fight is greater, and the rates of death per battle are higher.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

A leader leads by example not by force.