Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death! - Sun Tzu
Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates. - F.E. Adcock
The purpose of all war is peace. - Saint Augustine
War is the continuation of policy (politics) by other means. - Karl von Clausewitz
The God of War hates those who hesitate. - Euripides
It is war that shapes peace, and armament that shapes war. - Thomas Fuller
In war, only the simple succeeds. -Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg
War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula. - General George Patton Jr
Si vis pacem, para bellum (If you want peace, prepare for war!) - Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads -- they are not there accidentally. - Soviet infantry manual, issued in the 1930's
The best tank terrain is that without anti-tank weapons. -Russian military doctrine.
There is no problem that cannot be solved by the use of high explosives. -UnKnown
Don't tell mom I'm a pilot, she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse. -UnKnown
Always remember to pillage BEFORE you burn. -UnKnown
Anything worth fighting for is worth fighting dirty for. -UnKnown
A nuclear war can ruin your whole day. -UnKnown
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, and a lot of bitching. -UnKnown
Artillery is the King of battle: the King however... can not swim, which is why we need you guys. - USMC artillary specialist to a group of Navy officers in an Amphibious Warfare Indoc course
Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam. (I have a catapult.Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head)