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Quotes by Soldier
"We are the transition from one education to the other."
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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."
37
"My purpose is to make my narrative as truthful as possible."
37
"Every people should be originators of their own destiny."
37
"By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age."
37
"But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success."
37
"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."
37
"When the vision is clear, the results will appear. Keep your mindset positive as you work your plan, flourish, and always remember why you started."
37
"From the philosopher Catulus, never to be dismissive of a friend's accusation, even if it seems unreasonable, but to make every effort to restore the relationship to its normal condition."
37
"There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with."
37
"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 I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else."
37
"Oh, go in anywhere Colonel, go in anywhere. You'll find lovely fighting all along the line."
37
"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."
37
"First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot."
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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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"The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he's after."
37
"Further, a defensive policy involves the loss of the initiative, with all the consequent disadvantages to the defender."
36
"In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash."
36
"Men at a distance, who have admired our systems of government unfounded in nature, are apt to accuse the rulers, and say that taxes have been assessed too high and collected too rigidly."
36
"Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won."
36
"Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison."
36
"I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time."
36
"I think character is permanent, and issues are transient."
36
"For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties."
36
"I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet's."
36
"Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence."
36
"To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions."
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