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"Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?"
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James Longstreet
"Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?"
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"A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect."
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Horace Porter
"A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect."
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"All the things I've ever wanted to say suddenly I've been bold enough to say them on Social Media."
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Germany Kent
"All the things I've ever wanted to say suddenly I've been bold enough to say them on Social Media."
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"Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less."
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Robert E. Lee
"Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less."
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"Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops."
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David Hackworth
"Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops."
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"Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history."
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John W. Vessey, Jr.
"Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history."
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"From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts."
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Hideki Tojo
"From the point of the view of the nation's power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts."
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"A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself."
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John W. Foster
"A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself."
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"The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse."
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Robert Morgan
"The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse."
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"The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia."
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Hideki Tojo
"The reason was the failure of both Japan and China to understand each other and the inability of America and the European powers to sympathize, without prejudice, with the peoples of East Asia."
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"I do not send their Lordships the particulars of our losses and damages by this, as it would take me much time; and I am willing none should be lost in letting them know an event of such consequence."
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John Byng
"I do not send their Lordships the particulars of our losses and damages by this, as it would take me much time; and I am willing none should be lost in letting them know an event of such consequence."
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"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."
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Themistocles
"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion."
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"I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust."
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Christopher Gadsden
"I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust."
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"There has never been a more urgent time than now for you to seek to maximize your potential for achieving greater balance in your life."
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Germany Kent
"There has never been a more urgent time than now for you to seek to maximize your potential for achieving greater balance in your life."
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"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."
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Norman Schwarzkopf
"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants or what you think will make you look good."
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"Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Every man is worth just so much as the things about which he busies himself."
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"Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy."
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David Hackworth
"Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy."
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"If you're reading this, I hope God opens incredible doors for your life this year. Greatness is upon you. You must believe it though."
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Germany Kent
"If you're reading this, I hope God opens incredible doors for your life this year. Greatness is upon you. You must believe it though."
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"We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape."
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Fritz Todt
"We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape."
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"My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future."
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Alfred Jodl
"My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future."
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"Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?"
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John W. Foster
"Few are sufficiently sensible of the importance of that economy in reading which selects, almost exclusively, the very first order of books. Why, except for some special reason, read an inferior book, at the very time you might be reading one of the highest order?"
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"I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels."
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Abraham Whipple
"I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels."
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"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."
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William Odom
"It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place."
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"The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever."
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Janis Karpinski
"The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever."
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"Keep expecting and believing that your due season is coming. Declare that the good you have harvested in your life will manifest."
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Germany Kent
"Keep expecting and believing that your due season is coming. Declare that the good you have harvested in your life will manifest."
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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."
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R. Lee Ermey
"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."
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"Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed."
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Norman Cota
"Gentlemen, we are being killed on the beaches. Lets go inland and be killed."
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"With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright."
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Germany Kent
"With God, you are stronger than your struggles and more fierce than your fears. God provides comfort and strength to those who trust in Him. Be encouraged, keep standing, and know that everything's going to be alright."
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"For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose."
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Marcus Aurelius
"For it is in your power to retire into yourself whenever you choose."
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"In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty."
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William Odom
"In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty."
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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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"When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out."
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George Crook
"When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out."
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"It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty."
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Germany Kent
"It is more important to go slow and gain the lessons you need along the journey then to rush the process and arrive at your destination empty."
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"In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible."
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Robert Morgan
"In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible."
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"All quiet along the Potomac."
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George B. McClellan
"All quiet along the Potomac."
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"If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops."
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John Buford
"If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops."
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"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear."
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George S. Patton
"There is a time to take counsel of your fears, and there is a time to never listen to any fear."
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"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied."
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Horatio Nelson
"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied."
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"As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example."
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Germany Kent
"As you become more present in your own life, you will begin to enlighten others by your example."
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"Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Even the least of our activities ought to have some end in view."
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"Points of views that are expressed on Twitter don't intend to offend, but rather defend and open the conversation up to everyone so that no one has to pretend."
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Germany Kent
"Points of views that are expressed on Twitter don't intend to offend, but rather defend and open the conversation up to everyone so that no one has to pretend."
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"It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me."
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Robert Jenkins
"It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me."
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"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
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George S. Patton
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."
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"Don't hang out with people who are: Ungrateful, Unhelpful, Unruly, Unkindly, Unloving, Unambitious, Unmotivated or make you feel...Uncomfortable."
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Germany Kent
"Don't hang out with people who are: Ungrateful, Unhelpful, Unruly, Unkindly, Unloving, Unambitious, Unmotivated or make you feel...Uncomfortable."
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"Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time."
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John Abizaid
"Well, the hardest thing to do, as we know from our own experience on 9/11 is protect everything all the time."
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"I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one."
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Oliver North
"I haven't, in the 23 years that I have been in the uniformed services of the United States of America, ever violated an order - not one."
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"I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity."
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Robert E. Lee
"I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity."
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"My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic."
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Chiang Kai-shek
"My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic."
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"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."
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Robert E. Lee
"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."
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"As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character."
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Tommy Franks
"As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character."
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