"We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war."

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"We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war."

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"Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in the march, came up as soon as they could find their regiments, and took their places in line of battle, while it was battle, indeed."

Battle, March

"The word was enough. It ran like fire along the line, from man to man, and rose into a shout, with which they sprang forward upon the enemy, now not 30 yards away."

Enemy, Fire, Man, Now

"But the cause for which we fought was higher; our thought wider... That thought was our power."

Power, Thought, Cause

"But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action."

Dream, Dreams, Men, Action, Purpose

"This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal."

Life, Christ, Mystery, Reward

"We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much."

Future,

"Rations were scarcely issued, and the men about preparing supper, when rumors that the enemy had been encountered that day near Gettysburg absorbed every other interest, and very soon orders came to march forthwith to Gettysburg."

Man, Men, Day, Enemy, Interest

"I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing."

Circumstance, Circumstances, Writing

"The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future."

Power, Deeds, Future

"My officers and men understood wishes so well that this movement was executed under fire, the right wing keeping up fire, without giving the enemy any occasion to seize or even to suspect their advantage."

Man, Men, Enemy, Fire, Giving

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"War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow."

Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader

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"In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"War is mainly a catalogue of blunders."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it."

Martin Luther, German Leader

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"War is the business of barbarians."

Napoleon Bonaparte, French Leader

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"If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

War, Race

"Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

War, Peace

"The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

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"What is human warfare but just this; an effort to make the laws of God and nature take sides with one party."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

War, Nature, God, Effort, Laws