There had been many brave men in the ranks, but they were learning that bravery of itself has little to do with success in battle. - T. R. Fehrenbach

If war is to have any meaning at all, its purpose must be to establish control over peoples and territories, and ultimately, this can be done only as Alexander the Great did it, on the ground.

It is the nature of peoples to see the ancient foes, and to ignore those newly arising.

Collective security had a fine sound, but it was still little more than a word; it would still be the United States, and the United States alone, that held the far frontier. No one else had the will or the power.