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Quotes by Soldier
"It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance."
38
"I am not making spiteful assertions now but merely stating the facts-that, for instance, among Hungarian generals there is such a considerable percentage of men of German origin, who of course had, in most cases, to alter their names if they wanted to get anywhere."
38
"In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading."
38
"In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac."
38
"They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
38
"I feel very confident that Americans flying in the air are safe and that only under the most dire of circumstances would our pilots ever even request permission to do that."
38
"The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war."
38
"We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil."
38
"These men were religious when the spirit of religion was buried in forms and ceremonies, and when the priesthood had armed itself with the civil powers to put down all opposition, and suppress all freedom, intellectual, civil, and religious."
38
"It's human nature to start taking things for granted again when danger isn't banging loudly on the door."
38
"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."
38
"It is great happiness to be praised of them who are most praiseworthy."
38
"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."
38
"Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry."
38
"The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then."
38
"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."
38
"General Grant had no fixed plan of campaign beyond the general idea to avoid the strong defensive line occupied by General Lee behind Mine Run, and find a way to draw him out to open battle."
38
"As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly."
38
"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."
38
"My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic."
38
"Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students."
38
"It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened."
38
"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."
38
"In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it."
37
"The here-and-now is no mere filling of time, but a filling of time with God."
37
"In these highways our engineering will reflect the National Socialist movement."
37
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