What is said behind my back is said to my ass.

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war.

A man who has to be convinced to act before he acts is not a man of action. You must act as you breathe.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

Not to be a socialist at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head.

If you don't vote Socialist/Communist before you are twenty, you have no heart - if you do vote Socialist/Communist after you are twenty, you have no head.

A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he's not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.