Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.
Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace by holding up a shield behind which the patient constructive work of peace can go on.
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
Backs dialogue for solving disputes and not military power and threats.
I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.
Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.
If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.
My solution to the problem would be to tell [the North Vietnamese Communists] frankly that they've got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression or we're going to bomb them into the Stone Age. And we would shove them back into the Stone Age with Air power or Naval power - not with ground forces.
Know the enemy and know yourself.
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