If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear.
Just drive down that road, until you get blown up
Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets.
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.
A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.
To conquer, we must destroy our enemies. We must not only die gallantly; we must kill devastatingly. The faster and more effectively you kill, the longer you will live to enjoy the priceless fame of conquerors.
Unless you do your best, the day will come when, tired and hungry, you will halt just short of the goal you were ordered to reach, and by halting you will make useless the efforts and deaths of thousands.
Make your plans to fit the circumstances.
The only way you get on in this profession is to have the reputation of doing what you are told as thoroughly as possible.
I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.
You cannot be disciplined in great things and undisciplined in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you seen a few policemen handle a crowd?
War is the supreme test of man in which he rises to heights never approached in any other activity.
There's only one way for a professional soldier to die. That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.
Battle is an orgy of disorder.
I am sure that if every leader who goes into battle will promise himself that he will come out either a conqueror or a corpse, he is sure to win. There is no doubt of that. Defeat is not due to losses but to the destruction of the Soul of the leaders-the 'live to fight another day' doctrine.
Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!
For years I have been accused of making snap judgments. Honestly, this is not the case because I am a profound military student and the thoughts I express, perhaps too flippantly, are the result of years of thought and study.
We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.
If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage war.
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.
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