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Every means should be taken to attach the soldier to his colours.
In war, character and opinion make more than half of the reality.
A word spoken in loving kindness is worth far more than any gift.
I am more afraid of alcohol than of all the bullets of the enemy.
I learned very early in my life never to take counsel in my fears.
continue to advance until you run out of ammunition. Then, dig in.
The purpose of religion is to keep the poor from killing the rich.
God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.
Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
Not one cent should be raised unless it is in accord with the law.
Up! Children of Zulu, your day has come. Up! and destroy them all!
Try writing...a list, a letter, a journal, a novel, a declaration.
Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.
I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.
Something must be left to chance; nothing is certain in a sea fight
Friends must always be treated as if one day they might be enemies.
He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.
Unhappy the general who comes on the field of battle with a system.
To extraordinary circumstance we must apply extraordinary remedies.
Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.
Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.
Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself.
We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.
An urgent missive sent to Josephine Home in three days. Don't wash.
My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed.
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer.
The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.
Time sets all things right. Error lives but a day. Truth is eternal.
Six hours' sleep for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.
An army of lions commanded by a deer will never be an army of lions.
My success and everything good that I have done, I owe to my mother.
Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.
Laws which are consistent in theory often prove chaotic in practice.
Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.
The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.
From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.
By perseverance, study, and eternal desire, any man can become great.
Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.
Americans love to fight. All real Americans love the sting of battle.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
Until you spread your wings, you'll have no idea how far you can fly.
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.