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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.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the read more
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
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.
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.
The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
Stay alert, stay alive.
Stay alert, stay alive.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
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.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.