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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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"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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"But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess."
Stuart Symington
"But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess."
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"The Army was my bread and butter."
Brian Lumley
"The Army was my bread and butter."
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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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"Military police is very timely for our army."
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
"Military police is very timely for 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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"I owe everything to the army."
Norman Wisdom
"I owe everything to the army."
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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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"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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"Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots."
Barney Oliver
"Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots."
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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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"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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"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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"My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more."
Barry Humphries
"My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more."
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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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"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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"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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"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
George Herbert
"Skill and confidence are an unconquered army."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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."
Eddie Slovik
"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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"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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"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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"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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"When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of repression."
Antonio Tabucchi
"When you have a foreign invasion - in this case by the Indonesian army - writers, intellectuals, newspapers and magazines are the first targets of repression."
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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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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"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 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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"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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