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.

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.

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in read more

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he as a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.

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.

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.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

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.

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

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

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.