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"The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists."
Barry Commoner
"The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists."
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"We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army."
James Talent
"We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army."
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"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels."
John Selden
"Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels."
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"The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange."
Desi Arnaz
"The way the Army does things is sometimes a little strange."
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"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."
Jack Reed
"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."
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"The Army was my bread and butter."
Brian Lumley
"The Army was my bread and butter."
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"We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical island paradise."
Gloria Swanson
"We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical island paradise."
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"The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps."
Michael Oxley
"The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps."
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"I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do."
Simon Raven
"I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do."
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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."
James A. Michener
"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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"With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison."
John Spratt
"With no other security forces on hand, U.S. military was left to confront, almost alone, an Iraqi insurgency and a crime rate that grew worse throughout the year, waged in part by soldiers of the disbanded army and in part by criminals who were released from prison."
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"Many of our soldiers are stationed at Camp Coyote just south of the Iraqi border. This is how you know we have a strong army, when you can actually tell your enemy exactly where your camp is and what its name is."
Jon Stewart
"Many of our soldiers are stationed at Camp Coyote just south of the Iraqi border. This is how you know we have a strong army, when you can actually tell your enemy exactly where your camp is and what its name is."
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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
"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."
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"It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you."
John Dos Passos
"It's almost worth having been in the army for the joy your freedom gives you."
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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
"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."
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"At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron."
Shirley Manson
"At the end of the day, though, the band members have to be strong. It's down to the individuals in the unit. Listen to me, I'm talking like I'm in the army and this is my squadron."
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"During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs."
Ike Skelton
"During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs."
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"The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army."
Robert Trout
"The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army."
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"The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army."
Thomas Francis Meagher
"The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army."
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"I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool."
James Blunt
"I guess if you're stupid enough to join the army without thinking about getting shot at, then you really are a fool."
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"Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth."
Duke of Wellington
"Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth."
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"As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families."
Allen Boyd
"As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families."
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"Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation."
Robin Hayes
"Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation."
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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."
Sun Tzu
"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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"Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it."
Ted Morgan
"Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it."
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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."
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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"With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along - that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel of the United States Army."
Jim Ryun
"With this announcement today, the Army has made it clear what we have known all along - that Fort Riley is truly the crown jewel of the United States Army."
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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."
Roy Blunt
"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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"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
"Critics are sentinels in the grand army of letters, stationed at the corners of newspapers and reviews, to challenge every new author."
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"In the first day of the Soviet Army's arrival, I and the other comrades were isolated and then found ourselves here, not knowing anything... I can only conjecture what could have happened."
Alexander Dubcek
"In the first day of the Soviet Army's arrival, I and the other comrades were isolated and then found ourselves here, not knowing anything... I can only conjecture what could have happened."
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"I had a tremendous horror of going into the Army. That is probably why I went to college for so long."
Bruce Conner
"I had a tremendous horror of going into the Army. That is probably why I went to college for so long."
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"We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?"
Dalton Trumbo
"We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?"
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"You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army."
Richard Foreman
"You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army."
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"Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are."
William Reddington Hewlett
"Never try to take a fortified hill, especially if the Army on top is bigger than you are."
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"If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum."
Arthur Eddington
"If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum."
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"A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then."
John Templeton
"A doctor today would never prescribe the treatments my grandfather used in the Confederate Army, but a minister says pretty much the same thing today that a minister would have said back then."
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"There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent."
Daniel H. Hill
"There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent."
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"At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets."
Tahar Ben Jelloun
"At 21, I discovered repression and injustice. The army would shoot students with real bullets."
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"Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away."
Hayden Fry
"Welcome to the Salvation Army. I've never been associated with an offense so nice about giving the ball away."
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"Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia."
Ahmed Ben Bella
"Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army, services, policies. This phase has known cruel colonial occupations which have lasted 300 years in Indonesia."
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"Two new reports indicate that, under Bush, the Army is overstretched and under enormous strain. The National Guard and reserves have been weakened and we are experiencing numerous recruiting problems."
Jim Clyburn
"Two new reports indicate that, under Bush, the Army is overstretched and under enormous strain. The National Guard and reserves have been weakened and we are experiencing numerous recruiting problems."
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"Military police is very timely for our army."
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
"Military police is very timely for our army."
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"I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives."
Billy Connolly
"I've always wanted to go to Switzerland to see what the army does with those wee red knives."
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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
"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."
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"Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead."
Will Carleton
"Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead."
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"My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army."
Jimmy Page
"My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army."
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"A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor of a cannon, which, without a hand to give fire to it, is but cold iron; therefore a whole army is afraid of one man."
James Harrington
"A whole army, though they can neither write nor read, are not afraid of a platform, which they know is but earth or stone; nor of a cannon, which, without a hand to give fire to it, is but cold iron; therefore a whole army is afraid of one man."
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"Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated."
George Grosz
"Very little changed fundamentally, except that the proud German soldier had turned into a defeated bundle of misery and the great German army had disintegrated."
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"In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out."
Paul von Hindenburg
"In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out."
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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."
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
"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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