Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.

I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.

...it is easy not to believe in monsters, considerably more difficult to escape their dread and loathsome clutches.

A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them.

If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.

No catalogue of horrors ever kept men from war.

...in war, they will kill some of us; we shall destroy all of them.

For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.