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Quotes by Soldier

"I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes."
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Douglas MacArthur
"I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes."
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"We entered Gettysburg in the afternoon, just in time to meet the enemy entering the town, and in good season to drive him back before his getting a foothold."
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John Buford
"We entered Gettysburg in the afternoon, just in time to meet the enemy entering the town, and in good season to drive him back before his getting a foothold."
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"We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a problem - anywhere above seven rogue soldiers who got out of control on the night shift."
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Janis Karpinski
"We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a problem - anywhere above seven rogue soldiers who got out of control on the night shift."
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"What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it."
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Robert Morgan
"What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it."
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"This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them."
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Gideon Welles
"This crowd did not diminish through the whole of that cold, wet day; they seemed not to know what was to by their fate since their great benefactor was dead, and though strong and brave men wept when I met them."
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"Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain."
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Hideki Tojo
"Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain."
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"Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity."
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Robert Morgan
"Distance not only gives nostalgia, but perspective, and maybe objectivity."
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"It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with."
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William Wiley
"It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with."
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"Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place."
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John Buford
"Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place."
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"Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation."
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Zebulon Pike
"Smoke the pipe of peace, bury the tomahawk, and become one nation."
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"If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name."
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Zebulon Pike
"If success attends my steps, honor and glory await my name-if defeat, still shall it be said we died like brave men, and conferred honor, even in death, on the American Name."
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"I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else."
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Robert Morgan
"I have taught students from the New York City area so long I have a special affinity and rapport with them. It surprises me sometimes that there are students from anywhere else."
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"All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed."
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William Wiley
"All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed."
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"The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard."
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Julius Streicher
"The Jews are a race and not a religion. My goal was not to persecute the Jews but to enlighten Gentiles to put them on guard."
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"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."
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John Abizaid
"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence."
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"We're trying to create people that are going to change the world."
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Thomas Monaghan
"We're trying to create people that are going to change the world."
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"I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest."
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Moshe Dayan
"I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest."
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"Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines."
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Zebulon Pike
"Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines."
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"The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks."
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Hideki Tojo
"The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if war were to break out between Japan and the United States, the Japanese navy could be sunk in a matter of weeks."
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"Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great that he's coming back to join a very capable administration already of dealing with this problem, and it will just strengthen that team."
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Hugh Shelton
"Wayne Downing is also a great leader, has served our nation very well, and I think it's great that he's coming back to join a very capable administration already of dealing with this problem, and it will just strengthen that team."
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"During war, the laws are silent."
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Quintus Tullius Cicero
"During war, the laws are silent."
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"We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws."
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Henry Knox
"We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws."
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"The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind."
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Arleigh Burke
"The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind."
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"Who needs such a long intestine, anyway?"
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Moshe Dayan
"Who needs such a long intestine, anyway?"
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"I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century."
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Oliver North
"I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century."
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"The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June."
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Janis Karpinski
"The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June."
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"I was never informed in advance about the start of the war or about foreign political developments."
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Fritz Sauckel
"I was never informed in advance about the start of the war or about foreign political developments."
War,
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"With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made."
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Hideki Tojo
"With options thus foreclosed, in order to protect and defend the nation and clear the obstacles that stood in its path, a decisive appeal to arms was made."
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"The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions."
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Erwin Rommel
"The future battle on the ground will be preceded by battle in the air. This will determine which of the contestants has to suffer operational and tactical disadvantages and be forced throughout the battle into adoption compromise solutions."
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"The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years."
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George Crook
"The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years."
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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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"A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising."
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Robert Morgan
"A lot of my students are Asian-American, and it has been thrilling to watch them break through the stereotypes into something alive and surprising."
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"5 Ways To Build Your Brand on Social Media:1 Post content that add value. 2 Spread positivity. 3 Create steady stream of info. 4 Make an impact. 5 Be yourself."
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Germany Kent
"5 Ways To Build Your Brand on Social Media:1 Post content that add value. 2 Spread positivity. 3 Create steady stream of info. 4 Make an impact. 5 Be yourself."
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"We bear a heavy and therefore a great destiny."
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Alfred Rosenberg
"We bear a heavy and therefore a great destiny."
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"This is the wonderful thing about espionage, nothing exists any more."
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William Stephenson
"This is the wonderful thing about espionage, nothing exists any more."
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"After this urgent protest against entering into battle at Gettysburg according to instructions - which protest is the first and only one I ever made during my entire military career - I ordered my line to advance and make the assault."
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John B. Hood
"After this urgent protest against entering into battle at Gettysburg according to instructions - which protest is the first and only one I ever made during my entire military career - I ordered my line to advance and make the assault."
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"I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table."
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Moshe Dayan
"I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table."
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"We had the best food any battlefield ever had."
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William Westmoreland
"We had the best food any battlefield ever had."
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"Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together."
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Wesley Clark
"Europe and America must act together in the face of evil. It's high time for Americans and Europeans to restore that unity and be able to take actions collectively together."
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"I don't ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry?"
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Wilfred Owen
"I don't ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry?"
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"Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing."
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Robert Morgan
"Neither of my parents has been very sensitive about my writing."
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"The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth."
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Thomas J. Jackson
"The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth."
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"I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for."
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William Westmoreland
"I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for."
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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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Julius Streicher
"The Jew always lives from the blood of other peoples, he needs such murders and such sacrifices."
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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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"By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line."
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John Byng
"By this time it was past six, and the enemy's van and ours were at too great a distance to engage, I perceived some of their ships stretching to the northward; and I imagined they were going to form a new line."
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"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."
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Isoroku Yamamoto
"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."
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"I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier."
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Fritz Sauckel
"I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier."
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"When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off."
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Lewis B. Hershey
"When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off."
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"Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story."
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Oliver North
"Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story."
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