First, separate ground, sea and air warfare is gone forever. If ever again we should be involved in war, we will fight it in all elements, with all services, as one single concentrated effort.

Science seems ready to confer upon us, as its final gift, the power to erase human life from this planet.

No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one's best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one's duty.

There are no victories at discount prices.

Every battle is going to surprise you. No plan ever survives contact with the enemy.

When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.

Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.