During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.

As to the Indians, the guiding principle was, promise them anything just so long as they get out of the way.

In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.

The war in Vietnam I thought a dreadful mistake.

Within Easy Company they had made the best friends they had ever had, or would ever have. They were prepared to die for each other; more important, they were prepared to kill for each other.

Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.

It would not be possible to praises nurses too highly.