The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.

Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen

If a man does his best, what else is there?

War is very simple, direct, and ruthless. It takes a simple, direct, and ruthless man to wage war.

Never let the enemy pick the battle site.