Matthew B. Ridgway

“There is only one yardstick by which to measure a man's worth to the society in which he lives: his contribution to that society.”

“The objective of any warring nation is to win the war with the least possible loss of life and resources, and in the shortest possible time.”

“You cannot divorce administration from leadership. They are two sides of the same coin.”

“The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country.”

“Leadership is the first and most important ingredient of success in any human endeavor.”

“The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.”

“We have reached the point where the military considerations are so dominant in the thinking of the civilians that they are not being given the proper weight in the balancing of all the factors.”

“There is no glory in war, but there is a great deal of glory in the men who fight it.”

“The free world must not again permit this result of a fatal lack of foresight.”

“There's no substitute for victory.”