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Quotes by Soldier
"He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe."
115
"War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means."
114
"National Socialism and Christianity are irreconcilable."
106
"The more responsibility the Scoutmaster gives his patrol leaders, the more they will respond."
104
"They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards."
104
"A battle won is a battle which we will not acknowledge to be lost."
101
"Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat."
94
"Regarding the Panama Canal Treaty negotiations, they will find us standing up or dead, but never on our knees; NEVER!"
90
"To get a hold on boys you must be their friend."
85
"Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible."
81
"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."
81
"Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear."
79
"War is the continuation of politics by other means."
78
"Therefore, once U.S. forces leave, it is almost inevitable that an anti-Western, anti-U.S. regime will arise."
Will,
75
"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."
74
"They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy."
71
"Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment."
69
"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."
68
"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."
68
"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."
68
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
67
"I don't like Communism because it hands out wealth through rationing books."
66
"Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable."
Past,
66
"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."
65
"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship."
64
"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."
64
"You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect."
64
"Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China."
64
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