“When you lose a friend [in battle] you have an overpowering desire to go back home and yell in everybody's ear, "This guy was killed fighting for you. Don't forget him--ever. Keep him in your mind when you wake up… — 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
![“When you lose a friend [in battle] you have an overpowering desire to go back home and yell in everybody's ear, "This guy was killed fighting for you. Don't forget him--ever. Keep him in your mind when you wake up in the morning and when you go to bed at night. Don't think of him as the statistic…” quote by Bill Mauldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/78c/bill-mauldin-28650_death_when-you-lose-a-friend-in-battle-you-hav_2871606.jpg)
![“[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)
