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Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

Indeed, the Roman laws allowed no person to be carried to the wars but he that was in the soldiers' roll.

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

I think that you can honour the sacrifices of a common soldier without glorifying war.

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

You know, the commander-in-chief's first responsibility is look out for those in uniform who fight the wars.

A common soldier will make an empire, but he will eventually meet his fate and be condemned to the Great Rock.