"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

Army, Sheep

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"I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep."

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"Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

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"Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none more liberal than those given to secret agents; of all matters none is more confidential than those relating to secret operations."

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"Military police is very timely for our army."

Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Russian Politician

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"I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself."

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"I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else."

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"Most of the services staff is for the larger corporations, not so much for small and medium businesses because they cannot afford an extensive services army."

Kevin Rollins, American Businessman

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"We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?"

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"We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary."

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"I felt we really couldn't be separated that much. I'd had a baby, and I was traveling and working alone while he was in the Army. It was very difficult-the phone calls and all of that. I really was very depressed."

Eydie Gorme, American Musician

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"As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out."

Allen West, American Politician

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