There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, we are, and we will be.

The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.

A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it.

To be a successful soldier, you must know history.

There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.

I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.

In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting it.