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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."

"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."

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

"We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe."

"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."

"My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more."

"Indecision is a virus that can run through an army and destroy its will to win or even to survive."
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"Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky."


"I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to."


"The only luck I had in my life was when I married you. I knew it wouldn't last because I was too happy. I knew they would not let me be happy."


"They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old."
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