There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

The one quality that can be developed by studious reflection and practice is the leadership of men.

Every leader should have enough humility to accept, publicly, the responsibility for the mistakes of the subordinates he has himself selected and, likewise, to give them credit, publicly, for their triumphs.

When we get to the point, as we one day will, that both sides know that in any outbreak of general hostilities, regardless of the element of surprise, destruction will be both reciprocal and complete, possibly we will have sense enough to meet at the conference table with the understanding that the era of armaments has ended and the human race must conform its actions to this truth or die.

A good teacher is one who can understand those who are not very good at explaining, and explain to those who are not very good at understanding.

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy.

When you appeal to force, there's one thing you must never do - lose.