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Quotes by Soldier
"They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government."
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"I have therefore concluded to apply for the privilege of becoming a Cadet at West Point."
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"Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became."
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"But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life."
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"The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what will likely be a difficult process as the newly elected Council of Representatives selects the next prime minister, president, and speaker of the council."
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"But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them."
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"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."
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"As many of the riders before me had been held up and robbed of their packages, mail and money that they carried, for that was the only means of getting mail and money between these points."
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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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"Observe the movements of the stars as if you were running their courses with them, and let your mind constantly dwell on the changes of the elements into each other. Such imaginings wash away the filth of life on the ground."
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"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too."
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"My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military."
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"When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship."
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"They were involved in a firefight and felt they were surrounded. Whether they escaped from that and were fleeing and went in the wrong direction, we don't know."
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"And so I think that if the person has the funds, the network, and the equipment to do this, and also the experience, which is the key factor, then they can be quite deadly."
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"This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid."
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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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"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."
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"Jackson was not a religious man when he came to Lexington."
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"The only luck I had in my life was when I married you. I knew it wouldn't last because I was too happy. I knew they would not let me be happy."
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"I will embrace the first opportunity to get to California and it is altogether probable that when once there I shall never again leave it."
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"In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a position to continue to hold out."
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"Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his "death," whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!"
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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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"What you post online speaks VOLUME about who you really are. POST with intention. REPOST with caution."
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"Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control."
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"If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spirit within him with a mess of false beliefs. Instead, to preserve it faithfully, by calmly obeying God " saying nothing untrue, doing nothing unjust. And if the others don't acknowledge it " this life lived in simplicity, humility, cheerfulness " he doesn't resent them for it, and isn't deterred from following the road where it leads: to the end of life. An end to be approached in purity, in serenity, in acceptance, in peaceful unity with what must be."
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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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"This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character."
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"Father God, we thank you for your grace and your mercy, for allowing us to be together under your covenant and God we thank you for the revelations and for the breakthroughs; for your direction and for your healing. We thank you God for the opportunity to just be a vessel for your kingdom. God we trust you, we love you, we honor you, and all glory is yours. Amen."
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"All very successful commanders are prima donnas and must be so treated."
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"The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle."
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