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Dick Gregory

"When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship."

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"When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship."

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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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"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."

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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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"In this respect I expressed my doubts about using the Corps directly on the South coast, to form a bridgehead for the Army - as the area immediately behind the coast was now covered with obstacles. These doubts were accepted by Hitler."

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"All through the night, like the tumult of a river when it races between the cliffs of a canyon, in my sleep I could hear the steady roar of the passing army."

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"As many will remember, a respected Army Corps economist filed a whistleblower complaint about the Corps' use of faulty data to justify lock and dam expansion."

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"The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season."

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

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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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"Somebody was telling me about the French Army rifle that was being advertised on eBay the other day - the description was, 'Never shot. Dropped once."

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