Kelly Miller Quotes & Sayings

“I see that the path of progress has never taken a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy.”

“The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers.”

“For a century after the reign of Frederick, Prussia remained the most prominent Germanic state in Europe.”

“In the early days of his reign, Bismarck confided to a friend that it would some day be necessary for Germany to confine William II in an insane asylum.”

“The success of the Allies in the west was in a measure offset by Teutonic victories in the east. When the invasion of Belgium began, Russia made immediate efforts to counteract by invasion of East Prussia.”

“Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front line, to the nations associated with us in the war, and to the enemy.”

“No American can read the story of the part America took in the war without experiencing a glow of patriotic feeling. Every Allied nation can say the same thing.”

“The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.”

“In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.”

“The Engineer Corps is charged with all construction, including light railways and roads.”