The unrecorded past is none other than our old friend, the tree in the primeval forest which fell without being heard

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

No less a bold and pugnacious figure than Winston Churchill broke down and was unable to finish his remarks at the sendoff of the British Expeditionary Force into the maelstrom of World War I in Europe.

For me, the card catalog has been a companion all my working life. To leave it is like leaving the house one was brought up in.

To be a bestseller is not necessarily a measure of quality, but it is a measure of communication.

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip.

The power to command frequently causes failure to think.