"We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded."

"World War II had been such a tremendous success story for this country that the political and military leadership began to assume that they would prevail simply because of who they were. We were like the British at the turn of the 19th century."

"Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent."

"No one can lie, no one can hide anything, when he looks directly into someone's eyes."

"The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast."

"All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth."

"Nearly all Italian officers speak French."