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.

Winning the men's confidence requires much of a commander. He must exercise care and caution, look after his men, live under the same hardships, and-above all- apply self discipline. But once he has their confidence, his men will follow him through hell and high water.

There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.

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

It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.