When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.

In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse.

All men of genius, and all those who have gained rank in the republic of letters, are brothers, whatever may be the land of their nativity.

I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.