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.

A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.

I didn't die nor win.

The battle is fought and decided by the quartermasters, long before the shooting begins.

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.

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.