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Quotes by Soldier
"I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?"
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"While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this strikes me as just as important and should be dealt with."
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"At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards."
6
"From education by the Church to education by Germanic value is a step of several generations."
6
"I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms."
6
"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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"I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do."
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"Never give up. Things may be hard, but if you quit trying they'll never get better. Stop worrying and start trusting God. It will be worth it."
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"So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance."
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"Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined."
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"National Socialism stands or falls by its Weltanschauung."
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"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
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"But there were highs as well as lows, it was as though they said everybody was picking on the man who had more practical real life experiences than the whole batch of them put together."
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"Look beneath the surface, let not the several quality of a thing nor its worth escape thee."
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"I seem to keep returning to my father in poems because his personality was so extreme, so driven. He did everything to excess."
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"Hard work works harder than luck!"
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"If all emotions are common coin, then what is unique to the good man?To welcome with affection what is sent by fate. Not to stain or disturb the spirit within him with a mess of false beliefs. Instead, to preserve it faithfully, by calmly obeying God " saying nothing untrue, doing nothing unjust. And if the others don't acknowledge it " this life lived in simplicity, humility, cheerfulness " he doesn't resent them for it, and isn't deterred from following the road where it leads: to the end of life. An end to be approached in purity, in serenity, in acceptance, in peaceful unity with what must be."
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"I'm not going to say whether I'm a Republican or a Democrat."
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"Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country."
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"We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past."
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"Oh, go in anywhere Colonel, go in anywhere. You'll find lovely fighting all along the line."
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"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash."
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"Life is a stranger's sojourn a night at an inn."
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"Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part. Throw away thy books; no longer distract thyself: it is not allowed; but as if thou wast now dying, despise the flesh; it is blood and bones and a network, a contexture of nerves, veins, and arteries. See the breath also, what kind of a thing it is, air, and not always the same, but every moment sent out and again sucked in. The third then is the ruling part: consider thus: Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer be either dissatisfied with thy present lot, or shrink from the future."
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"We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first."
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"I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict."
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