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"We know that these clashes with Asia and Jewry are necessary for evolution."
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Heinrich Himmler
"We know that these clashes with Asia and Jewry are necessary for evolution."
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"I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man."
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Lord Mountbatten
"I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man."
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"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."
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John Abizaid
"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."
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"All things fade and quickly turn to myth."
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Marcus Aurelius
"All things fade and quickly turn to myth."
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"All things fade into the storied past, and in a little while are shrouded in oblivion."
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Marcus Aurelius
"All things fade into the storied past, and in a little while are shrouded in oblivion."
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"The only thing I am afraid of is fear."
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Arthur Wellesley
"The only thing I am afraid of is fear."
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"The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity."
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Hugh Shelton
"The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity."
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"I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States."
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Hideki Tojo
"I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States."
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"We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees."
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Robert Ley
"We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees."
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"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."
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George S. Patton
"Do your damnedest in an ostentatious manner all the time."
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"Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly."
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Henry Knox
"Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly."
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"In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested."
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Fritz Sauckel
"In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested."
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"The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars."
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William Westmoreland
"The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars."
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"One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man."
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Nelson A. Miles
"One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man."
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"The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country."
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George B. McClellan
"The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country."
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"For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation."
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Fritz Todt
"For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation."
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"The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood."
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Zebulon Pike
"The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood."
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"The name of Peru was not known to the natives."
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William Prescott
"The name of Peru was not known to the natives."
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"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
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George S. Patton
"If a man does his best, what else is there?"
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"I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before."
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Fritz Sauckel
"I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before."
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"My connection with the Reich Ministers was of a purely official nature and was very infrequent."
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Fritz Sauckel
"My connection with the Reich Ministers was of a purely official nature and was very infrequent."
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"I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America."
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Tommy Franks
"I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America."
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"We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion."
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Douglas Bader
"We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion."
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"What is good for Germany is right, and everything that harms Germany is wrong."
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Robert Ley
"What is good for Germany is right, and everything that harms Germany is wrong."
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"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."
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David Hackworth
"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."
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"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."
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"We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say to you all, such an order can only be prompted by cowardice or treason."
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Philip Kearny
"We ought instead of retreating should follow up the enemy and take Richmond. And in full view of all responsible for such declaration, I say to you all, such an order can only be prompted by cowardice or treason."
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"I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share."
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R. Lee Ermey
"I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share."
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"The citizen parties, by an absolute majority, elected a National Socialist Government."
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Fritz Sauckel
"The citizen parties, by an absolute majority, elected a National Socialist Government."
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"The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches."
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Russel Honore
"The preparations are what they are. We're here. The storm is coming. We are as best prepared as we can be as the eye of the storm approaches."
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"The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords."
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Christopher Gadsden
"The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords."
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"Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!"
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Robert Ley
"Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!"
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"A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end."
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George S. Patton
"A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end."
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"My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible."
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George Armstrong Custer
"My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible."
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"It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980."
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William Odom
"It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980."
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"I ended the war a horse ahead."
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
"I ended the war a horse ahead."
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"Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable."
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Rand Beers
"Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable."
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"God knows, we don't want prayer."
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Oliver North
"God knows, we don't want prayer."
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"But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity."
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John Abizaid
"But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity."
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"We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong."
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William Westmoreland
"We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong."
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"It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions."
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Moshe Dayan
"It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions."
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"Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit."
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Francis Marion
"Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit."
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"Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
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William Westmoreland
"Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
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"We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided."
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Alex Morrison
"We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided."
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"Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom do."
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Wilfred Owen
"Numbers of the old people cannot read. Those who can seldom do."
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"I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart."
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner
"I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart."
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"It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it."
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Robert E. Lee
"It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it."
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"I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat."
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Adolf Galland
"I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat."
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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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"Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember."
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Rand Beers
"Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember."
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