The smell of death overwhelmed us even before we passed through the stockade. More than 3200 naked, emaciated bodies had been flung into shallow graves. Others lay in the streets where they had fallen. ... Eisenhower's face whitened into a mask. Patton walked over to a corner and sickened. I was too revolted to speak. For here death had been so fouled by degradation that it both stunned and numbed us.

Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

The nation needs men who think in terms of service to their country and not in terms of their country's debt to them.

Leadership means firmness, not harshness or bullying; understanding, not weakness; justice, not irresponsible freedom; humaneness, not intolerance; generosity, not selfishness; pride, not egotism.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.