There has been considerable comment over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a soldier. I am afraid this does not seem as remarkable to me as it quite evidently appears to others. I know a great deal of the horrors and tragedies of war. ... The cost of war in human lives is constantly spread before me, written neatly in many ledgers whose columns are gravestones. I am deeply moved to find some means or method of avoiding another calamity of war.

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.

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.

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

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

Go right straight down the road, to do what is best, and to do it frankly and without evasion.

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