Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I have to take him from the ranks!

Duty is ours; the consequences are the Lord God's

Sir! Men who desert their comrades in war deserve to be shot! And Officers who intrude for them deserve to be hung!

Don't say it's impossible! Turn your command over to the next officer. If he can't do it, I'll find someone who can, even if I have to take him from the ranks!

I was afraid the fire would not be hot enough for me to distinguish myself.

People who are anxious to bring on war don't know what they are bargaining for; they don't see all the horrors that must accompany such an event.

All I am and all I have is at the service of my country.