A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a more effective soldier the poorer his standard of living has been in the past.


Gen. Edward Cummings, in Pt. 1, Ch. 6 - The Naked and the Dead (1948)

Norman Mailer Quotes

A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a ...

A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a ...

A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a ...

A nation fights well in proportion to the amount of men and materials it has. And the other equation is that the individual soldier in that army is a ...