Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

The soldier is the army.

Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle.Pray for the defeat of our wicked enemy whose banner is injustice and whose good is oppression. Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. We must march together, all out for God.

Officers must be made to care for their men. That is the sole duty of all officers.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

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

But between the plan and the operation, there is always an unknown. That unknown spells victory or defeat. ... Some people call it getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part in everything. That's where prayer comes in.