“War may be an auction for countries. For soldiers it's a lottery.”

“Society can give its young men almost any job and they'll figure how to do it. They'll suffer for it and die for it and watch their friends die for it, but in the end, it will get done. That only means that society should be careful about what it asks for. ... Soldiers themselves are reluctant to evaluate the costs of war, but someone must. That evaluation, ongoing and unadulterated by politics, may be the one thing a country absolutely owes the soldiers who defend its borders.”

“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”

“War's an auction where whoever can pay the most in damage and still be standing wins.”

“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.”

“War's a racket. No doubt. But war is a racket for the politicians, not the soldiers.”