Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I had rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent, than in the extent of my power and dominion.
When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!
Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
Good and decent people must be protected and persuaded by gentle means, but the rabble must be led by terror.
When I had the honor to be a second lieutenant, I ate dry bread, but I never let anyone know that I was poor.
International incidents must not be allowed to shape foreign policy, foreign policy must shape the incidents.
I have made noise enough in the world already, perhaps too much, and am now getting old, and want retirement.
Soldiers! Here is the battle you have so long desired! Henceforth victory depends on you; we have need of it.
There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with.
We plan alone but we fulfill our plans together with the enemy, as it were, in accordance with his opposition.
There's no solution except to break the power of Chiang Kai-shek by capturing Nanking. That is what I must do.
Major, send a shell first over their heads and let them get in their holes before you open with all your guns.
War must be made as intense and awful as possible in order to make it short, and thus to diminish its horrors.
I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.
Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.
Man is entitled by birthright to a share of the earth's produce sufficient to fill the needs of his existence.
Democracy, if it is reasonable, limits itself to giving everyone an equal opportunity to compete and to obtain.
The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.
True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.
I tell you Wellington is a bad general, the English are bad soldiers; we will settle this matter by lunch time.
The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.
A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.
It is cowardly to commit suicide. The English often kill themselves. It is a malady caused by the humid climate.
Much shedding of blood, many great actions, and triumphs, toil and perseverance are the end of all things human.
The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.
Strike an enemy once and for all. Let him cease to exist as a tribe or he will live to fly in your throat again.
If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air.
Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort.
America loves a winner, and will not tolerate a loser, this is why America has never, and will never, lose a war.
Those who have changed the universe have never done it by changing officials, but always by inspiring the people.
I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.
Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards
Europe is a molehill. All great empires and revolutions have been on the Orient; six hundred millions live there.
The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.
Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.
The art of choosing men is not nearly so difficult as the art of enabling those chosen to attain their full worth.
Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.
Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.
My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.
I believe my arrival was most welcome, not only to the Commander of the Fleet but almost to every individual in it.
When I follow my own head, I am, in general, much more correct in my judgment than following the opinion of others.
Direct, forceful, energetic. Loves power, eats up publicity and flattery... Can turn on charm at will and knows it.
No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.
True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.
Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!
The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.