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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.
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.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
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.
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.
Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years read more
Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance -- just one chance -- to come back here and tell our enemies that they make take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!!
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
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.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when read more
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.
