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Quotes by Soldier
"One has to be foolish or irredeemably stupid to believe that anything good can come to Europe from the land of presumed opportunity."
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"Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well motivated privates."
39
"But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility."
39
"There is nothing more shameful than perfidious friendship."
39
"I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations."
39
"We will smite the Jews where we meet them and whoever goes along with them must take the consequences."
39
"Stop giving people the power to control your smile, your worth, your attitude and your day. Don't give anyone that much power over your life."
39
"We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing."
39
"A better world shall emerge based on faith and understanding."
38
"Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking."
38
"Prince Charles is an absolute Mountbatten. The real intelligence in the royal family comes through my parents to Prince Philip and the children."
38
"We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded."
38
"Writing with you is the only thing that keeps me alive."
38
"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."
38
"Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
38
"However, even during the preparations for action, we laid our plans in such a manner that should there be progress through diplomatic negotiation, we would be well prepared to cancel operations at the latest moment that communication technology would have permitted."
38
"Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America."
38
"I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat."
38
"I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for."
38
"We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today."
38
"The town caught fire in several places, shells crashed and burst, and solid shot rained like hail."
Fire,
38
"Our enemy is motivated by hatred and will not stop planning more plots against until they are ultimately defeated. Today was an important and necessary victory in the war, but there is a long road ahead. We must remain committed if we are to succeed and protect our liberty."
38
"The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill."
38
"Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them."
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