If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.
The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.
Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.
It is always too late, or too little, or both. And that is the road to disaster.
With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.
Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue.