Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance, they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak and esteem to all.

You don't have to be straight to be in the military, you just have to be able to shoot straight.

The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business, because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.

He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake since for him the spinal cord would suffice.

Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.

In the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

I will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.

I can make more generals but horses cost money.

History shows that there are no invincible armies.

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.