"They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men."

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

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"Men feel that cruelty to the poor is a kind of cruelty to animals. They never feel that it is an injustice to equals; nay it is treachery to comrades."

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"I teach that all men are mad."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality."

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"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home."

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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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