If Wellington epitomizes the English gentleman, Eisenhower epitomizes the natural American gentleman.

The great men of power who seek to change the nations they belong to usually are pretty terrible people.

Slavery in the modern world implies the absolute deprivation of the individual's liberty, while possession of weapons and mastery of their use are means to the individual's liberation. We do not perceive how a man may be armed and at the same time bereft of his freedom.

Men killing other men really is an extraordinary phenomenon. Why does it happen? And how long has it gone on? And have the motives changed?

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done.

Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people.