In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.

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

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

Arms alone can give the world no permanent peace, no confident security. Arms are solely for defense - to protect from violent assault what we already have. They are only a costly insurance. They cannot add to human progress.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

No one should ever sit in this office over 70 years old, and that I know.

Firmness in support of fundamentals, with flexibility in tactics and methods, is the key to any hope of progress in negotiation.