It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands.

Our business in the field of fight Is not to question, but to prove our might.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

Rommel, you beautiful bastard, I read your book.

Non-cooperation in military matters should be an essential moral principle for all true scientists ...

Industrial-strength foolishness sets in-in males, at least-at about the age of 18. This is why the military prefers males in the 18-to-25-year-old range when there's combat to be done.

Raw in the fields the rude militia swarms, Mouth without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence.

It is characteristic of the military mentality that non-human factors ... are held essential, while the human being, his desires and thoughts-in short, the psychological factors-are considered as unimportant and secondary.

He who loves the bristle of bayonets, only sees in their glitter what beforehand he feels in his heart.

I am the very model of a modern Major-General, I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral, I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical, From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical.