“Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered.”

– The Charge of the Light Brigade

“For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.”

– Winston Churchill, 1949

“If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.”

-David Hackworth

“It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.”

-George Washington

“A good many things go around in the dark besides Santa Claus.”

— Herbert Hoover

“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

-Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The soldier is the army. No army is better than its soldiers. The soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.”

– General George S. Patton Jr.

“In order to assure an adequate national defense, it is necessary — and sufficient — to
be in a position in case of war to conquer the command of the air.”

-General Giulio Douhet

“There is no economy in cheap labor or cheap material.”

-Henry Ford

“The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.”

-James Forrestal