They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.

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In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just...

In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just...

In war there is no substitute for victory.

In war there is no substitute for victory.

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a...

I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a...

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I...

I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I...

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on...

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on...

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not...

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not...

By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am...

By profession I am a Soldier and take pride in that fact, but I am...

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on

Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions,...

Last, but by no means least, courage - moral courage, the courage of one's convictions,...

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must...

The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must...

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his...

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his...

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now...

It is part of the general pattern of misguided policy that our country is now...

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance...

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis...

Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis...

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is...

One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is...

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.