You know, I know, all of us know that the time factor is the vital consideration - and vital is the correct meaning of the term - of our national defense program; that we must never be caught in the same situation we found ourselves in 1917.

If you get the objectives right, a lieutenant can write the strategy.

The only way human beings can win a war is to prevent it.

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope.

I find it hard even now not to look on your North African strategy with a jaundiced eye. Cross Channel operations for the liberation of France and advance on Germany, we should finish the war quicker. Yes, probably, but not the way we hope to finish it.

When a general complains of the morale of his troops, the time has come to look at his own.

The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.