So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable.

Every position must be held to the last man. There must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight to the end.

Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost.

After lunch we went into the garden for coffee and I turned on the Surgeon-General with his graphics, percentages etc. of sick and wounded to entertain the Premier.

Machine guns are taken through grit and determination.

As a matter of fact we have to take special precautions during a battle to post police, to prevent more unwounded men than are necessary from accompanying a wounded man back from the firing line.

Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender.

Life has the meaning we give it, no more, no less.

My ancestors arrived on the Wayflower

There are ways to meet people and surround yourself with like-minded people who will support you.

If you want to buy my wares Follow me and climb the stairs... Love for sale.

People should realize we're jerks just like them.

War buddies don't exist in the meeting room. It's a battle between a lot of different officers. Some continue fighting when they don't realize that they have been shot.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

My eldest son, Jack, grew up with me as a 'part-time' dad.

Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.

With no mind, flowers lure the butterfly; With no mind, the butterfly visits the blossoms. Yet when flowers bloom, the butterfly comes; When the butterfly comes, the flowers bloom.