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"Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia."

"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels."

"As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this class, as did that part of the younger generation who, in the old Germany, would have become officers or civil servants."
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"Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all."


"But I have learned a thing or two; I know as sure as fate, when we lock up our lives for wealth, the gold key comes too late."


"I've watched my duty, straight an' true, an' tried to do it well; Part of the time kept heaven in view, An' part steered clear of hell."


"If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again."


"Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead."
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