I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the read more

I have never accepted what many people have kindly said, namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to give the roar.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a read more

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.

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

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

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

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.

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.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

We will either find a way, or make one.

We will either find a way, or make one.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.