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Quotes by Soldier
"The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army."
49
"There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove."
49
"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."
49
"There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was reference to a publication of a high clergyman of Milan. Not even did Jews raise objections to that book."
49
"I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier."
49
"I encourage students to pursue an idea far enough so they can see what the cliches and stereotypes are. Only then do they begin to hit pay dirt."
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"The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree."
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"I gave my parole once, and it has been shamefully violated by the British Government; I shall not give another to people on whom no faith can be reposed."
49
"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will."
49
"You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation."
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"Young writers only take off when they find their subjects. Since almost everyone has a family and stories about family, that is often a place to start."
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"You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does."
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"A poem in form still has to have voice, gesture, a sense of discovery, a metaphoric connection, as any poetry does."
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"I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess."
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"If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you."
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"The technology used to detect if vehicles are carrying radioactive material is so sensitive it can tell if a person recently received radiation as part of a medical procedure."
49
"My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us."
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"We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much."
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"All men are made one for another: either then teach them better or bear with them."
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"I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere."
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"A military life has ever comported with my inclination."
49
"When you focus on being the best person you can be, you draw the best possible life, love, and opportunities to you."
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"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."
49
"Thank God we're going to try to continue and effectively defend our frontiers with the Border Patrol, with the Customs Department, with the Coast Guard, with the Armed Forces."
God,
49
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
48
"If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and turn you over to the soldiers. Maybe there's only one or two of you in this group who was a known associate or had any piece of information that they are trying to exploit."
48
"We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning."
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