Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula
For years I have been accused of making snap judgments. Honestly, this is not the case because I am a profound military student and the thoughts I express, perhaps too flippantly, are the result of years of thought and study.
We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a little jaunt against the purple pissing Japs and clean out their nest, too. Before the Goddamned Marines get all of the credit.
If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?
A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
I always believe in being prepared, even when I'm dressed in white tie and tails.
If I win I can't be stopped! If I lose I shall be dead.
Success is how you bounce on the bottom.
...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.
Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over prisoners of war, because troops heated with battle are not safe custodians. Any attempt to rob or loot prisoners of war by escorts must be dealt strictly with.
Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example
Many, who should know better, think that wars can be decided by soulless machines, rather than by the blood and anguish of brave men.
You must do your damdest and win.
Take calculated risks.
An incessant change of means to attain unalterable ends is always going on; we must take care not to let these sundry means undo eminence in the perspective of our minds; for, since the beginning, there has been an unending cycle of them, and for each its advocates have claimed adoption as the sole solution of successful war.
The obvious thing for the cavalryman to do is to accept the fighting machine as a partner, and prepare to meet more fully the demands of future warfare.
All glory is fleeting.
Many soldiers are led to faulty ideas of war by knowing too much about too little.
There is only one sort of discipline - PERFECT DISCIPLINE. Men cannot have good battle discipline and poor administrative discipline.
I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards - You name them; I'll shoot them!
The soldier is the army.
Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and certainly as valuable as the airplane.
