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.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

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.

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.

Stay alert, stay alive.

Stay alert, stay alive.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; read more

When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a manuever, the blow with an agreement.

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

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

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

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