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Military Musings 3 - Great Military Quotes"All warfare is based on deception." - Sun Tzu "He who commands the sea has command of everything." - Themistocles, Athenian General c528-462 B.C. "Elevate them guns a little lower." - Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812 "Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry." Marshal Kutsov, 13 Sept 1812 "It's the most beautiful battlefield I've ever seen." - Napoleon I after the battle of Borodino "If courage is the first characteristic of the soldier, perseverance is the second." - Napoleon Bonaparte "My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack." - Marshal Foch during the 2nd Battle of the Marne, 1918 "We will not forget you. As we embrace you in uniform today, we will embrace you without uniform tomorrow - er, I mean ...", Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, to the Women Marines being demobbed after World War I "In starting and waging war it is not right that matters but victory." - Adolf Hitler "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill "We need to set our course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship." - Omar Bradley, U.S. General 1893-1981 "The USMC is merely the Navy's police force and will remain so while I am president. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's" - President Harry S. Truman, 1950 "Whatever you do will be insignificant but it is very important that you do it." - Mahatma Gandhi "The U.S. has broken the second rule of war. That is don't go fighting with your land army on the mainland of Asia. Rule One is don't march on Moscow. I developed these two rules myself." - Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery referring to the Vietnam War |