Insurance Help & Information

“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.”
- 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

“I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.”
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

“If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that man’s intelligence and his comprehension… would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution.”
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

“If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.”
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower

“You cannot be disciplined in great things and indiscipline in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you ever seen a few policemen handle a crowd?”
- General George S. Patton Jr, May 1941,
in an address to officers and men of the Second Armored Division.

“War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula”
- General George Patton Jr

“If a man does his best, what else is there?” 
- General George Patton Jr

“If everyone is thinking alike, someone isn’t thinking.”
- General George Patton Jr

“Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move…. To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example”
- General George Patton Jr “War as I knew it” 1947

“Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts”
- General George Patton Jr, “War as I knew it” 1947

“As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither a
strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a
tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that he’s a
great military man-I want you to know that.”
-General H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1991

“We need to destroy not attack, not damage, not surround. I want to destroy
the Republican Guard”
-General H. Norman Schwarzkopf 1991

“I feel that retired generals should never miss an opportunity to remain
silent concerning matters for which they are no longer responsible.”
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

“If we do go to war, psychological operations are going to be absolutely a
critical, critical part of any campaign that we must get involved in.”
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
“The mothers and fathers of America will give you their sons and daughters…with the confidence in you that you will not needlessly waste their lives. And you dare not. That’s the burden the mantle of leadership places upon you. You could be the person who gives the orders that will bring about the deaths of thousands and thousands of young men and women. It is an awesome responsibility. You cannot fail. You dare not fail…”
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf