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Quotes by Soldier
"Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights."
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"My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future."
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"The sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment."
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"You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected."
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"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."
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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 United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution."
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"To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose."
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"This is the wonderful thing about espionage, nothing exists any more."
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"It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner."
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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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"I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity."
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"Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send money home."
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"Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops."
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"We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape."
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"The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity."
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"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God."
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"The impossibility of a retreat makes no difference in the situation of men resolved to conquer or die; and, believe me, my friends, if your conquest could be bought with the blood of your general, he would most cheerfully resign a life which he has long devoted to his country."
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"It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark."
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"Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won."
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"In order to do something you must be something."
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"Any commander who fails to exceed his authority is not of much use to his subordinates."
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"With us air people, the future of our nation is indissolubly bound up in the development of air power."
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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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"Fortunately, it's still not too late to develop a comprehensive global strategy to eliminate our real enemy."
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