“A war of ideas can no more be won without books than a naval war can be won without ships. Books, like ships, have the toughest armor, the longest cruising range, and mount the most powerful guns.”
“The whole book is posing a question. You think you've won a war - what you've done is finish a war. There was a crime committed in that war the like of which perhaps was never committed in human history. You think about it.”
“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.”
“Professors of literature collect books the way a ship collects barnacles, without seeming effort.”
“First of all, I want you to know that I believed in the cause for which I died. No war is won without sacrifice.”
“Wars are won in the will.”