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Quotes by Soldier
"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."
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"If someone is able to show me that what I think or do is not right, I will happily change, for I seek the truth, by which no one was ever truly harmed. It is the person who continues in his self-deception and ignorance who is harmed."
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"Undoubtedly, there are members of the former regime that are cooperating in some fashion and then there are extremists that are within Iraq that are cooperating with them."
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"Don't settle for living mediocre. Focus on all the positive and embrace it. Ignore the negative and be thankful for every single day."
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"In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it."
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"Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose."
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"It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance."
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"The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters."
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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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"The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war."
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"You'd be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did."
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"Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884."
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"The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords."
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"By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age."
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"There are a lot of things that have to be considered in National. The military aspect of it is only one of them. I'm confident that President Bush will have all of those things laid out for him before he makes the decision."
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"It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline."
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"Firing off 1,000 or 500 or 2,000 nuclear warheads on a few minutes' consideration has always struck me as an absurd way to go to war."
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"Even though men and women are different in our thinking, we all share the need and desire for compassion, compliments, and companionship."
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"God has already equipped you with the skills you need to achieve your dreams. If you just try, work hard, take control of your destiny, remain true to yourself and believe it is possible, you will have unlimited power to achieve the impossible."
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"There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with."
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"It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else."
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"At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program."
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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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"I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected."
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"Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where you put in the gas, where you put in the oil, where you turn the throttle."
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"More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor."
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"My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic."
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"If I could have gone on describing to you the beauties of this region, who knows but I might have made a fine addition to the literature of our age?"
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