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Quotes by Soldier
"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe."
125
"War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means."
124
"A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost."
114
"The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond."
114
"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards."
114
"National Socialism and Christianity are irreconcilable."
113
"Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat."
110
"Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER!"
100
"To get a hold on boys you must be their friend."
93
"Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear."
93
"Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible."
88
"When reflecting upon it today, that the Pearl Harbor attack should have succeeded in achieving surprise seems a blessing from Heaven. It was clear that a great American fleet had been concentrated in Pearl Harbor, and we supposed that the state of alert would be very high."
87
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
85
"If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed."
84
"Therefore, once U.S. forces leave, it is almost inevitable that an anti-Western, anti-U.S. regime will arise."
Will,
84
"Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment."
83
"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."
80
"They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy."
79
"But we can hold our spirits and our bodies so pure and high, we may cherish such thoughts and such ideals, and dream such dreams of lofty purpose, that we can determine and know what manner of men we will be, whenever and wherever the hour strikes and calls to noble action."
77
"But I would make it unambiguously clear that we are going to withdraw, and if Iraq falls into civil war and if all these unhappy things occur, we're just going to have to accept them."
77
"For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer."
77
"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship."
76
"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."
75
"Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis."
75
"Despite Japan's desires and efforts, unfortunate differences in the ways that Japan, England, the United States, and China understood circumstances, together with misunderstandings of attitudes, made it impossible for the parties to agree."
75
"I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books."
74
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