Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.

Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.

Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob.

Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb... he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.

We have known the bitterness of defeat and the exultation of triumph, and from both we have learned there can be no turning back. We must go forward to preserve in peace what we won in war. A new era is upon us. Even the lesson of victory itself brings with it profound concern, both for our future security and the survival of civilization. The destructiveness of the war potential, through progressive advances in scientific discovery, has in fact now reached a point which revises the traditional concepts of war.

In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.