"We must also recognize the new realities of modern warfare and the modern landscape of a battlefield"

"Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion"

"Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam"

"Beauty is mysterious as well as terrible. God and devil are fighting there, and the battlefield is the heart of man"

"On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind"

"America's fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed"

"I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have never seen any"

"One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam"

"The most terrible job in warfare is to be a second lieutenant leading a platoon when you are on the battlefield"

"Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield"

"I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table"