A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace, and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

A great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle [patriotism] alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.

I am convinced that the French could not win the war because the internal political situation in Vietnam, weak and confused, badly weakened their military position.

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.

A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.