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Quotes by Soldier

"My first recollection is that of a bugle call."
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Douglas MacArthur
"My first recollection is that of a bugle call."
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"Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries."
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Fritz Sauckel
"Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries."
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"Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged."
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Oliver Cromwell
"Do not trust the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you or I were going to be hanged."
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"The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer."
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Marcus Aurelius
"The sexual embrace can only be compared with music and with prayer."
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"Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender."
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James Longstreet
"Before my troops reached the little city, and before the people of Fredericksburg knew that any part of the Confederate army was near, there was great excitement over the demand for surrender."
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"My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature."
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Christopher Gadsden
"My sentiments for the American cause, from the Stamp Act downward, have never changed... I am still of opinion that it is the cause of liberty and of human nature."
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"Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them."
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"I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people."
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John Abizaid
"I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people."
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"We need to go to the niceties of approaching the U. N. and let them have a chance to take it over, but we should set some sort of date and begin to move out and leave it to whoever takes over."
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William Odom
"We need to go to the niceties of approaching the U. N. and let them have a chance to take it over, but we should set some sort of date and begin to move out and leave it to whoever takes over."
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"I have a clear conscience."
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Wilhelm Canaris
"I have a clear conscience."
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"However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches and obstacles did not fail to have a marked effect on our troops."
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Paul von Hindenburg
"However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches and obstacles did not fail to have a marked effect on our troops."
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"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone."
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Marcus Aurelius
"You always own the option of having no opinion. There is never any need to get worked up or to trouble your soul about things you can't control. These things are not asking to be judged by you. Leave them alone."
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"Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished."
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"Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level."
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Germany Kent
"Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level."
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"If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government."
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Tommy Franks
"If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government."
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"They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old."
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Eddie Slovik
"They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old."
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"A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others."
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Robert E. Lee
"A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others."
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"During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis."
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Calamity Jane
"During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis."
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"Few of us will forget the wail of mingled grief, rage and horror which rose from the camp when the Indians returned to it and recognized their slaughtered warriors, women, and children."
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John Gibbon
"Few of us will forget the wail of mingled grief, rage and horror which rose from the camp when the Indians returned to it and recognized their slaughtered warriors, women, and children."
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"In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength."
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Robert E. Lee
"In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength."
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"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce."
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Xenophon
"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce."
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"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."
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John Abizaid
"We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone."
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"We are the transition from one education to the other."
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Alfred Rosenberg
"We are the transition from one education to the other."
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"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."
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"A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation."
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Thomas Francis Meagher
"A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation."
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"Every people should be originators of their own destiny."
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Martin Delany
"Every people should be originators of their own destiny."
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"But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity."
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John Abizaid
"But the key shift in focus will be from counter-insurgency operations to more and more cooperation with Iraqi security forces and to building Iraqi security capacity."
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"We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided."
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Alex Morrison
"We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided."
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"I am very proud of the fact that many workers in my Gau, numerous former Communists and Social Democrats were won over by us and became local group leaders and Party functionaries."
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Fritz Sauckel
"I am very proud of the fact that many workers in my Gau, numerous former Communists and Social Democrats were won over by us and became local group leaders and Party functionaries."
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"It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy."
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Philip Sidney
"It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy."
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"Be content to seem what you really are."
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Marcus Aurelius
"Be content to seem what you really are."
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"I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes."
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John Abizaid
"I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes."
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"Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky."
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Eddie Slovik
"Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky."
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"I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee."
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James Longstreet
"I fancy that no good ideas upon that campaign will be mentioned at any time that did not receive their share of consideration by General Lee."
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"This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live."
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Omar N. Bradley
"This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live."
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"Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country."
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
"Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country."
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"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."
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Robert Baden-Powell
"The most worth-while thing is to try to put happiness into the lives of others."
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"A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank."
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John Berry
"A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank."
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"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning."
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Erwin Rommel
"Don't fight a battle if you don't gain anything by winning."
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"It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America."
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John Abizaid
"It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America."
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"A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten."
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Isoroku Yamamoto
"A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten."
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"We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government."
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Timothy Murphy
"We must safely secure our border by investing in more law enforcement and technology, and receiving cooperation from the Mexican government."
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"The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe."
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Franz Halder
"The finishing off of the encircled enemy army is to be left to the Luftwaffe."
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"Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell."
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Anthony Wayne
"Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell."
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"I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people."
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R. Lee Ermey
"I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people."
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"I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial."
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Eddie Slovik
"I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial."
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"War is a profane thing."
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Norman Schwarzkopf
"War is a profane thing."
War,
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"The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May 2003. Release procedures got under way immediately; reducing the population from 8,000 to just over 300, of course, requires fewer military police soldiers."
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Janis Karpinski
"The war was declared over - the end of major combat operations - in May 2003. Release procedures got under way immediately; reducing the population from 8,000 to just over 300, of course, requires fewer military police soldiers."
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"This war is not about slavery."
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Robert E. Lee
"This war is not about slavery."
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"We all have a responsibility with the words we post on the internet. If you wouldn't want your mother, daughter, sister or friend to read it, don't post it."
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Germany Kent
"We all have a responsibility with the words we post on the internet. If you wouldn't want your mother, daughter, sister or friend to read it, don't post it."
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