People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
The number of medals on an officer's breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duty from the front line.
Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.
The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!
No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
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 a soldier. Other than that, he's a great military man, I want you to know that.
The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Having lost sight of our objectives, we redoubled our efforts.
A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive.
The demands of leadership have changed. The highest levels if leadership require mastery of a new task: job creation. Traditional leadership through politics, military force, religion, or personal values won't work in the future like it has in the past.
We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force.
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