No dumb bastard ever won a war by going out and dying for his country. He won it by making some other dumb bastard die for his country.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top. Success is how high you bounce when you hit the bottom.
Anyone in any walk of life who is content with mediocrity is untrue to himself and to American tradition.
Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.
An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.
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