A condition of war’ exists.
The bands were everywhere, close and faraway, a blend of discordant noise. He passed close to one now, a half-dozen drummers pounding away, a sergeant leading them in a rhythm that was no rhythm at al...
Lee made small greetings to the others, saw the sour expression of Jubal Early, Ewell’s division commander,
No one knew how to end it. The war had settled into unbearable, unwinnable battles. It had reached a point where there were no more victories, only death.
Wars are indeed fought by children, by young people who have little to say in where they are sent to die.
No cause that was ever worthy was without its turmoil, its trials, its hopelessness. We are not defeated yet.
Newspapers are a great place for cowards and malcontents to have their say.
My job is to … do my job. Lead, for God’s sake. Keep my nose out of places where the machine is working, and stick it in deep where it isn’t.
My God, John. The king has begun to shoot his subjects.
Men with power either trumpet to everyone just how powerful they are, or they use that power effectively by keeping quiet about it, and going about their duties.
Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God as you have always had: to follow the right path, to live your life with a clear conscience.
Not even generals can stop the rain.
It’s so rarely about military genius, who the greater tactician might be, who sat higher in his class at West Point. It’s about mistakes, some of them unavoidable, some of them purely stupid. My job i...
Is that not what a commander must do, earn respect, give them discipline and . . . love them?
In terms of the collective memory of the American people, the Korean War is not just forgotten. It was not remembered in the first place…. —HISTORIAN ALLAN MILLETT
If you are not affected, if you are not hurt by what we do, then you will not do anything to stop it. The war will simply continue. As long as it is just the soldiers,
I did not come into this Army to serve one man, to serve a friend.
I always have felt that we are a nation that is very different . . . unique, perhaps. We were founded by thinking men, brilliant men, men who designed a system where conflicts were resolved in debate,...
I always had the faith that this country would elect those who knew best, who could follow the best course through any situation.
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