If we'd lost the war, we'd all have been prosecuted as war criminals.

If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use too much; you'll save lives, not only your own, but the enemy's too.

There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent.

I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.

Don't like to do anything half-heartedly, even if it is a wicked and self-destructive avocation like smoking cigars

We're at war with Japan. We were attacked by Japan. Do you want to kill Japanese, or would you rather have Americans killed?

Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they are fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which side had won at the outset.

You've got to kill people, and when you've killed enough they stop fighting.

I don't want to hear of any of you men getting into any fights with the British. But if you do, you'd better not get whipped.

Ignorance must be a fun place to live

Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.

A beadlet dribbles down her cheek to wake a wet remembrance where the insincere took hold to empty forth her wounded heart.

Never turn your back on a friend.

Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.

The last film is always the most important.

Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.

I have traveled more than anyone else, and I have noticed that even the angels speak English with an accent.

I am confident that you brothers in parliament will champion the will of the people over that of the occupier.

Safety is an emergent property of systems, not a component property.