“[Editorial cartooning] is essentially a destructive art. We are not pontificators, or molders of thought—or at least we shouldn't try to be. Ours is more the role of the lowly gadfly: circle and stab, circle and stab. Roughly put, our… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude. — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
Certainly none of the advances made in civilization has been due to counterrevolutionaries and advocates of the status quo. — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
A soldier's life revolves around his mail. Like many others, I've been able to follow my kid's progress from the day he was born… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
The American public highly overrates its sense of humor. We're great belly laughers and prat fallers, but we never really did have a real… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
“[Editorial cartooning] is essentially a destructive art. We are not pontificators, or molders of thought—or at least we shouldn't try to be. Ours is… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
If you're a leader, you don't push wet spaghetti, you pull it. The U.S. Army still has to learn that. The British understand it.… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
![“[Editorial cartooning] is essentially a destructive art. We are not pontificators, or molders of thought—or at least we shouldn't try to be. Ours is more the role of the lowly gadfly: circle and stab, circle and stab. Roughly put, our credo should be, if it's big, hit it.” quote by Bill Mauldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/843/bill-mauldin-28650_art_editorial-cartooning-is-essentially-a-de_1740934.jpg)
