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"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."
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John Abizaid
"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."
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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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"Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians."
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George Crook
"Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians."
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"During war, the laws are silent."
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Quintus Tullius Cicero
"During war, the laws are silent."
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"The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June."
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Janis Karpinski
"The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June."
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"With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made."
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Hideki Tojo
"With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made."
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"All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away; they are left to starve, and there remains but one thing for them to do - fight while they can."
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George Crook
"All the tribes tell the same story. They are surrounded on all sides, the game is destroyed or driven away; they are left to starve, and there remains but one thing for them to do - fight while they can."
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"Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55."
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Kenneth H. Cooper
"Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55."
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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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"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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"The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices."
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Julius Streicher
"The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices."
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"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."
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Isoroku Yamamoto
"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."
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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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"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."
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R. Lee Ermey
"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."
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"A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable."
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Zebulon Pike
"A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable."
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"The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files."
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Timothy Murphy
"The current medical records system is this: Room after room after room in a hospital filled with paper files."
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"Providing patients and consumers with solid information on the cost and quality of their healthcare options can literally make the difference between life or death; and play a decisive role in whether a family or employer can afford healthcare."
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Timothy Murphy
"Providing patients and consumers with solid information on the cost and quality of their healthcare options can literally make the difference between life or death; and play a decisive role in whether a family or employer can afford healthcare."
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"There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell."
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William Tecumseh Sherman
"There's many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but it is all hell."
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"I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness."
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Wilfred Owen
"I am only conscious of any satisfaction in Scientific Reading or thinking when it rounds off into a poetical generality and vagueness."
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"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."
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William Tecumseh Sherman
"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."
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"The Indian is a human being."
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George Crook
"The Indian is a human being."
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"The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force."
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William Bligh
"The Cape Town is considerably increased within the last eight years. Its respectability with regard to strength has kept pace with its other enlargements and rendered it very secure against any attempt which is not made with considerable force."
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"He who does not believe has no soul. He is empty. He has no ideals. He has nothing to live for. He has no sunshine, no light, no joy in life. He is a poor, poor man."
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Robert Ley
"He who does not believe has no soul. He is empty. He has no ideals. He has nothing to live for. He has no sunshine, no light, no joy in life. He is a poor, poor man."
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"The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names."
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William Westmoreland
"The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names."
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"In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in narration and embodying the voice, making the poem sound like a real person talking."
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Robert Morgan
"In the late 60s and early 70s, I did get interested in voices, and in narration and embodying the voice, making the poem sound like a real person talking."
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"It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought."
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Scipio Africanus
"It is the part of a fool to say, I should not have thought."
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"Every educated person is a future enemy."
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Martin Bormann
"Every educated person is a future enemy."
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"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."
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Robert Baden-Powell
"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."
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"A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them."
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Robert Ley
"A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them."
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"When the Jews speak of humanity, they mean only the totality of Jews."
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Julius Streicher
"When the Jews speak of humanity, they mean only the totality of Jews."
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"It's tough never being right."
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Eric Shinseki
"It's tough never being right."
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"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."
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David Hackworth
"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time."
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"Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira."
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William Bligh
"Very good wine was bought at ten pounds per pipe, the contract price; but the superior quality was fifteen pounds; and some of this was not much inferior to the best London Madeira."
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"There must be a punitive expedition against the Jews in Russia, a punitive expedition which will expect: death sentence and execution. Then the world will see the end of the Jews is also the end of Bolshevism."
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Julius Streicher
"There must be a punitive expedition against the Jews in Russia, a punitive expedition which will expect: death sentence and execution. Then the world will see the end of the Jews is also the end of Bolshevism."
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"There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it."
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Germany Kent
"There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it."
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"You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it."
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Norman Schwarzkopf
"You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership. Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do it."
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"I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot."
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R. Lee Ermey
"I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don't learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot."
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"I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes."
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William Tecumseh Sherman
"I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes."
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"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."
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George S. Patton
"Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack."
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"Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side."
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William Wiley
"Irish is the prominent nationality in the family, but beyond that, I really don't know. I see a lot of artistic or creative influence coming through on my mother's side."
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"That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war."
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James Longstreet
"That man will fight us every day and every hour till the end of the war."
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"If something is difficult for you to accomplish, do not then think it impossible for any human being; rather, if it is humanly possible and corresponds to human nature, know that it is attainable by you as well."
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Marcus Aurelius
"If something is difficult for you to accomplish, do not then think it impossible for any human being; rather, if it is humanly possible and corresponds to human nature, know that it is attainable by you as well."
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"The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end."
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Robert Morgan
"The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end."
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
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George S. Patton
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
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"What happened? The Country got sick of it and said, Enough is enough. And all over the Country we saw springing up community organizations determined to do something about this terrible menace of drugs."
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Barry McCaffrey
"What happened? The Country got sick of it and said, Enough is enough. And all over the Country we saw springing up community organizations determined to do something about this terrible menace of drugs."
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"The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history."
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Lew Wallace
"The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history."
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"Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said."
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Germany Kent
"Speak with caution. Even if someone forgives harsh words you've spoken, they may be too hurt to ever forget them. Don't leave a legacy of pain and regret of things you never should have said."
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"At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program."
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Janis Karpinski
"At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program."
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"But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter."
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William Tecumseh Sherman
"But, my dear sirs, when peace does come, you may call on me for any thing. Then will I share with you the last cracker, and watch with you to shield your homes and families against danger from every quarter."
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"We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living."
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Omar N. Bradley
"We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living."
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