Some quotes worth noting

I just ran across a great site, quite by accident. From The Commander's Hatch:

There is one tactical principal which is not subject to change.  It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.  General George S. Patton Jr.

For those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.  Unknown

To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.  Confucius 480 B.C.

We make war that we may live in peace.  Aristotle 325 B.C.

Those who beat their swords into plows plow for those who didn't.  Anonymous

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.  Vegetius 375 A.D.

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.  General Omar Bradley 1950

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.  George Washington 1790.

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.  Mao Tse-tung 1938

Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy.  General Omar Bradley 1951

The Sergeant is the Army.  Dwight D. Eisenhower 1972

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.  Hyman G. Rickover 1986

As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier.  Other than that he's a great military man - I want you to know that.  General H. Norman Schwarzkoph 1991

Cross-posted from Small Town Veteran