Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Peace depends ultimately not on political arrangements but on the conscience of mankind.

I think that his [Obama's] task will be to develop an overall strategy for America in this period, when really a New World Order can be created.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win. The North Vietnamese used their armed forces the way a bull-fighter uses his cape to keep us lunging in areas of marginal political importance.

For the Soul of France is masterful history, brilliantly researched, and hard to put down.

The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.