There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.

Men are basically smart or dumb and lazy or ambitious. The dumb and ambitious ones are dangerous and I get rid of them. The dumb and lazy ones I give mundane duties. The smart ambitious ones I put on my staff. The smart and lazy ones I make my commanders.

For me, soldiers are all equal. Those black people wore your same uniform, fought on your side, and so you will be in the same jail.

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

The enemy must be annihilated before he reaches our main battlefield. We must stop him in the water, destroying all his equipment while it is still afloat!

In the absence of orders, go find something and kill it.