Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.

Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any [prisoner] ... I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it will not be disproportional to its guilt at such a time and in such a cause... for by such conduct they bring shame, disgrace and ruin to themselves and their country.

No punishment, in my opinion, is too great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree does.

No man can be a pure specialist without being in the strict sense an idiot.

Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals.