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Quotes by Soldier
"If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and turn you over to the soldiers. Maybe there's only one or two of you in this group who was a known associate or had any piece of information that they are trying to exploit."
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"I appeal to you as a soldier to spare me the humiliation of seeing my regiment march to meet the enemy and I not share its dangers."
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"A Christian people who have for two hundred years kept a race in bondage, deprived of the advantages of civilization and religion, owe them a debt of gratitude which it would seem ungenerous to withhold."
6
"In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac."
6
"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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"Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man; but if anything is within the powers and province of man, believe that it is within your own compass also."
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"The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country."
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"I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars."
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"My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian."
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"Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it."
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"Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker."
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"The prosperity of a nation requires the protection of a senate. Hereafter a national senate may require the protection of a national army."
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"This would only come if you have a revolutionary change in technology like the jet brought about."
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"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."
God,
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"Much as we may wish to make a new beginning, some part of us resists doing so as though we were making the first step toward disaster."
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"I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well."
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"We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded."
6
"There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove."
6
"In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield."
6
"The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me."
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"We come to beginnings only at the end."
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"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."
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"I expect that on the 1st of August, the SA will be once more ready for duty."
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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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"It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation."
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"It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark."
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"In fact, it struck me when we invaded last year that if we did it without European and East Asian support, we were risking losing our alliance in Europe in exchange for Iraq, and that is a very undesirable exchange."
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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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