"My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness."

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"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."

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"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."

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"A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room."

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"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."

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"Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime."

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"It is a major sin to break a contract, especially in military situations."

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"I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service."

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"Blinker Hall, operating on the quaint theory that the Navy might be needed for battle and that whatever increased the ship's efficiency was a criterion for change, had continued trampling on the toes of orthodoxy."

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"The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution."

"A minor request," said Mazer. "Let's not refer to it as the training cage. 'Training' sounds laborious and regimented. Soldiers groan at the word. These men joined the IF to fight, sir. Let's call it the Battle Room."

"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."

"Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime."

"It is a major sin to break a contract, especially in military situations."

"I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service."

"One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all."

"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."

"Blinker Hall, operating on the quaint theory that the Navy might be needed for battle and that whatever increased the ship's efficiency was a criterion for change, had continued trampling on the toes of orthodoxy."

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"Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children."

"The team should have implicit confidence in the captain's decisions."

"Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could."

"Here I am in my first command - a bit dazed but feeling very grand."

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