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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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"I owe everything to the army."
Norman Wisdom
"I owe everything to the army."
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"Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?"
Gilles Duceppe
"Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?"
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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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"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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"The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe."
Franz Halder
"The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe."
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"Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out."
Michael W. Smith
"Just look at the Old Testament. They didn't go out with the army first. They sent the musicians out."
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"We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army."
Gustav Krupp
"We are all proud of having thus contributed to the heretofore magnificent successes of our army."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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."
Martin Van Buren
"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary."
Jack Lynch
"We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the Border where they may be necessary."
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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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"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."
Richard Harding Davis
"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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
George Herbert
"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
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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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"The army is under orders to defend every place."
Helmut Kohl
"The army is under orders to defend every place."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me."
Gerald Walpin
"I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me."
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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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"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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"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."
Ron Kind
"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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"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."
Kurt Student
"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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"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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"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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"I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it."
Colin Powell
"I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it."
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"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."
Robert E. Lee
"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."
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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."
Bill Mauldin
"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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