"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."

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"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."

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"For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done what I do. Most book reviewers haven't written 11 novels. Many of them haven't written one."

John Irving, American Novelist

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"Beware of no man more than of yourself; we carry our worst enemies within us."

Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman

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"If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink."

George Orwell, British Author

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"Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever."

William Shirley, British Politician

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"This stuff on enemy combatants, the Bush Administration has fought like a tiger to avoid having to produce any evidence to a judge to show why somebody is locked up in perpetuity. Another example of that is the torture scandal."

James Bovard, American Author

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"If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed."

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"War is the ultimate reality-based horror show."

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"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."

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"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."

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"Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy."

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"That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!"

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"Modern American war is as easy to script as a B movie."

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"Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive."

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