Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Quote by Barbara W Tuchman

Topics: Military Quotes

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity...

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

A relentless talent for tactlessness.

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip and Germans,...

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled,...

Books are humanity in print.

Books are humanity in print.

Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen

Look at an infantryman's eyes and you can tell how much war he has seen

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the...

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to...

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Duty is the sublimest word in our language.

Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed....

Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed....

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit...

Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit...