So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the read more

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to give the roar.

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much read more

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when read more

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.

A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.

A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the read more

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.