Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war.

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

We are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours.

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.