Nobody ever launched an attack without having misgivings beforehand, You ought to have misgivings before; but when the moment of action is come, the hour of misgivings is passed. It is often not possible to go backward from a course which has been adopted in war. A man must answer "Aye" or "No" to the great questions which are put, and by that decision he must be bound.

I know of no case where a man added to his dignity by standing on it.

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.

England has been offered a choice between war and shame. She has chosen shame and will get war.

The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debating the great issues on their merits

Your day will go the way the corners of your mouth turn.

Americans are a wonderful people: They will always do the right thing--after exhausting every other possible alternative.