General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders."

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity."

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"You are about to embark upon the great crusade toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you… I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle."

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"An army fearful of its officers is never as good as one that trusts and confides in its leaders."

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

"What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog."

- General Dwight D. Eisenhower