Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you.

I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory! Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available.

Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age.

I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.

I don't think the United States needs superpatriots. We need patriotism, honestly practiced by all of us, and we don't need these people that are more patriotic than you or anyone else.

Before a battle, planning is everything. Once the fighting has begun, it's worthless