The nations slithered over the brink into the boiling cauldron of war without any trace of apprehension or dismay... The nations backed their machines over the precipice not one of them wanted war, certainly not on this scale

You cannot trust the interests of any class entirely to another class; and you cannot trust the interests of any sex to another sex.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Wild men, screaming through the keyholes.

Independent thinking is not encouraged in a professional Army. It is a form of mutiny. Obedience is the supreme virtue.

God has chosen little nations as the vessels by which He carries His choicest wines to the lips of humanity to rejoice their hearts, to exalt their vision, to strengthen their faith, and if we had stood by when two little nations [Belgium and Serbia] were being crushed and broken by the brutal hands of barbarians, our shame would have rung down the everlasting ages.

Believe me, Germany is unable to wage war.