In the long run, failure was the only thing that worked predictably. All else was accidental.

It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead.

Catch-22 did not exist, he was positive of that, but it made no difference. What did matter was that everyone thought it existed, and that was much worse, for there was no object or text to ridicule or refute, to accuse, criticize, attack, amend, hate, revile, spit at, rip to shreds, trample upon or burn up.

Men," he began his address to the officers, measuring his pauses carefully. "You're American officers. The officers of no other army in the world can make that statement. Think about it.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

When people disagreed with him he urged them to be objective.

You wouldn’t be normal if you were never afraid. Even the bravest men experience fear. One of the biggest jobs we all face in combat is to overcome fear.