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

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.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.

The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.

The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.

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

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

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you read more

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.