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"But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life."
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Hugh Shelton
"But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life."
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"Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him."
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Daniel H. Hill
"Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him."
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"Necessity has no law."
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Oliver Cromwell
"Necessity has no law."
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"Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be."
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Horatio Nelson
"Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be."
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"The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory."
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Douglas Haig
"The idea that a war can be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack is a dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the price of victory."
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"The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council."
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David Petraeus
"The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council."
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"War is the ultimate reality-based horror show."
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David Hackworth
"War is the ultimate reality-based horror show."
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"If one of us, any of us, any American is traveling in a town somewhere in America and a medical crisis hits them, for someone who is diabetic or perhaps has heart disease or some other problems, where do we get the records to determine what to do?"
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Timothy Murphy
"If one of us, any of us, any American is traveling in a town somewhere in America and a medical crisis hits them, for someone who is diabetic or perhaps has heart disease or some other problems, where do we get the records to determine what to do?"
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"But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section."
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Daniel H. Hill
"But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section."
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"In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash."
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Douglas MacArthur
"In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash."
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"I was member of the Diet as long as it existed, until May 1933."
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Fritz Sauckel
"I was member of the Diet as long as it existed, until May 1933."
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"As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with."
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Timothy Murphy
"As a person who has spent my career as a child psychologist and have dealt with many children who have struggled with many problems in families, I have seen families ripped apart by so many things that sometimes law has tried to deal with."
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"The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them."
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Nelson A. Miles
"The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them."
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"I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer."
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Moshe Dayan
"I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer."
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"I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way."
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William Odom
"I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way."
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"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."
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William Odom
"Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously."
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"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."
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Hyman Rickover
"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."
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"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory."
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George S. Patton
"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory."
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"We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
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George S. Patton
"We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way."
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"But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for them to participate in the economic and political future of the country and certainly in the security life of the country."
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John Abizaid
"But the truth of the matter is that there is there is an opportunity for them to participate in the economic and political future of the country and certainly in the security life of the country."
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"Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs."
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George Armstrong Custer
"Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs."
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"Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success."
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Erwin Rommel
"Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success."
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"These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious."
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Ethan A. Hitchcock
"These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious."
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"I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best."
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James Longstreet
"I cannot help but think that great results would have been obtained had my views been thought better of; yet I am much inclined to accept the present condition as for the best."
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"I have the strength to endure it all."
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Moshe Dayan
"I have the strength to endure it all."
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"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell."
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William Tecumseh Sherman
"I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell."
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"In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army."
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Zebulon Pike
"In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army."
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"Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over the Antietam took place."
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Joshua Chamberlain
"Just after writing those we were called up to defend a new position on the left, where the terrible storming of the bridge over the Antietam took place."
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"There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people."
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Heinz Guderian
"There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people."
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"I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream."
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Thomas Francis Meagher
"I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream."
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"When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says."
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George Crook
"When once an Indian sees that his food is secure, he does not care what the chief or any one else says."
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"Every people should be originators of their own destiny."
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Martin Delany
"Every people should be originators of their own destiny."
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"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."
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Oliver North
"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."
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"When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to-it leaves nothing."
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Wilfred Owen
"When I begin to eliminate from the list all those professions which are impossible from a financial point of view and then those which I feel disinclined to-it leaves nothing."
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"If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it."
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Christopher Gadsden
"If my acceptance of the office of Governor would serve my country, though my administration would be attended with the loss of personal credit and reputation, I would cheerfully undertake it."
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"Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation."
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John Abizaid
"Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security forces are capable and efficient enough to defend the sovereignty of the nation."
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"The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group."
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Gerd von Rundstedt
"The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group."
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"We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible."
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Hugh Shelton
"We came back right over the World Trade Center and could see, even from that altitude, the devastation, the smoke that was coming up. It was obvious it was going to be horrible."
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"You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave."
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
"You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave."
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"This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid."
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Russel Honore
"This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid."
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"First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can."
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Horatio Nelson
"First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can."
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"Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people."
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Nelson A. Miles
"Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people."
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"I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems."
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Kenneth H. Cooper
"I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems."
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"Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation."
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John Buford
"Shortly after this, I placed my command on our extreme left, to watch and fight the enemy should he make another attack, and went to Cemetary Hill for observation."
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"Thus, it was to seek true civilization and true justice for all the peoples of the world, and to view this as the destruction of personal freedom and respect is to be assailed by the hatred and emotion of war, and to make hasty judgments."
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Hideki Tojo
"Thus, it was to seek true civilization and true justice for all the peoples of the world, and to view this as the destruction of personal freedom and respect is to be assailed by the hatred and emotion of war, and to make hasty judgments."
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"And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask them what in the world was going on, I was told that they did not work for me and I had no right to have access to any one of them."
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Janis Karpinski
"And shortly after that, when I try to get access to those soldiers, to ask them what in the world was going on, I was told that they did not work for me and I had no right to have access to any one of them."
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"I think character is permanent, and issues are transient."
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James Stockdale
"I think character is permanent, and issues are transient."
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"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
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George S. Patton
"I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom."
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"Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia."
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Adolf Galland
"Of course, the outcome of the war would not have been changed. The war was lost perhaps, when it was started. At least it was lost in the winter of '42, in Russia."
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"The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree."
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Fritz Sauckel
"The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree."
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