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“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.”

“No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

“Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.”

“There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.”