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"War is horrible because it strangles youth."

"War is horrible because it strangles youth."

Philip Kearny, American Soldier

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"We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that."

"We are too much accustomed to attribute to a single cause that which is the product of several, and the majority of our controversies come from that."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Cause, Majority

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"As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character."

"As I look at President Bush, I think he will ultimately be judged as a man of extremely high character."

Tommy Franks, American Soldier

Character, Man, President, Will

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"Zealots often carry the day."

"Zealots often carry the day."

Bobby Ray Inman, American Soldier

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"If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders."

"If the regulars are to be put together, I believe they would prefer me to the other Cavalry Commanders."

John Buford, American Soldier

Leadership, Commanders

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"The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."

"The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

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"Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."

"Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

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"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience."

"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience."

Hyman Rickover, American Soldier

Creativity, Ideas, Patience, Practice

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"There will be masses available all day long. Confession available all day long."

"There will be masses available all day long. Confession available all day long."

Thomas Monaghan, British Soldier

Religion, Confession, Day, Will

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"My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian."

"My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

Christian, Concern

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"We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public."

"We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public."

Henry Knox, American Soldier

Time, Happiness, Nation, Public

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"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."

"What is all our histories, but God showing himself, shaking and trampling on everything that he has not planted."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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"Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side."

"Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side."

Douglas Haig, British Soldier

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"I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example."

"I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example."

Arthur Wellesley, English Soldier

Friendship, Example, Friends, Hate, Poets

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"For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation."

"For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation."

Fritz Todt, German Soldier

Architecture, Engineering, Value

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"I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again."

"I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again."

Oliver North, American Soldier

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"Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit."

"Promises that you make to yourself are often like the Japanese plum tree - they bear no fruit."

Francis Marion, American Soldier

Commitment, Promises

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"It was hard to make fun of him because he seemed to have so much fun making fun of himself."

"It was hard to make fun of him because he seemed to have so much fun making fun of himself."

James Barron, American Soldier

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"Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember."

"Sir, I see a lot of documents in my day-to-day business, and I can't tell you every document that I've seen. It may have passed across my desk. It may not have passed across my desk. I truthfully cannot answer that question, other than to say I don't remember."

Rand Beers, American Soldier

Business, Day, May, Question

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"I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago."

"I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

Truth, Congress, Information, Oppression

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"Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns."

"Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns."

Daniel Morgan, American Soldier

Religion, Government, Anarchy, Earth

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"If the machinery for distribution in the present economic system of the world is incapable of properly distributing the productive wealth of nations, then that system is false and must be altered."

"If the machinery for distribution in the present economic system of the world is incapable of properly distributing the productive wealth of nations, then that system is false and must be altered."

Gregor Strasser, German Soldier

Wealth, Nations, Present, World

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"Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history."

"Don't get small units caught in between the forces of history."

John W. Vessey, Jr., American Soldier

History, John W. Vessey

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"A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does."

"A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does."

Lewis B. Hershey, American Soldier

Parenting, Parents, Years

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"Train our children to love God."

"Train our children to love God."

Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

Love, God, Children

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"When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war."

"When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Money, War, People, Help

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"We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters. This was a unique situation."

"We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters. This was a unique situation."

Adolf Galland, German Soldier

Politics, American, English, First

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"If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops."

"If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops."

John Buford, American Soldier

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"The precondition to freedom is security."

"The precondition to freedom is security."

Rand Beers, American Soldier

Freedom, Security

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"The biggest impact I can have for what I want to do, the results I want to have with what God's given me, is to help as many people as possible get to heaven."

"The biggest impact I can have for what I want to do, the results I want to have with what God's given me, is to help as many people as possible get to heaven."

Thomas Monaghan, British Soldier

God, People, Heaven, Help

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"I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else."

"I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

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"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."

"I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

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"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."

"We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters."

Robert E. Lee, American Soldier

Wisdom, Disasters, Prudence

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"That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness."

"That taxes may be the ostensible cause is true, but that they are the true cause is as far remote from truth as light from darkness."

Henry Knox, American Soldier

Truth, Cause, Darkness, Light

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"The final effort came when our reconnaissance team reported contact with the POWs and their guards by radio near midnight at a pre-arranged crossing site."

"The final effort came when our reconnaissance team reported contact with the POWs and their guards by radio near midnight at a pre-arranged crossing site."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

Effort, Midnight

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"I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence."

"I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence."

David Wooster, American Soldier

Hope, Country, Dying, Independence

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"And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties."

"And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties."

James Stockdale, American Soldier

Law, Laws, Traditions

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"To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters."

"To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters."

Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian Soldier

History, Brothers, Country, Will

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"When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out."

"When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out."

Arthur Wellesley, English Soldier

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"There was nothing there but black water and American fire power."

"There was nothing there but black water and American fire power."

James Stockdale, American Soldier

Power, Fire, Nothing

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"I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization."

"I ever will profess myself the greatest friend to those whose actions best correspond with their doctrine; which, I am sorry to say, is too seldom the case amongst those nations who pretend most to civilization."

J. G. Stedman, British Soldier

Friendship, Civilization, Friend, Actions, Doctrine

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"I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor."

"I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor."

Ira Hayes, American Soldier

Man, Men, Honor

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"I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America."

"I, for one, begin with intent. There is no question that, Saddam Hussein had intent to do harm to the Western alliance and to the United States of America."

Tommy Franks, American Soldier

Politics, Alliance, America, Harm, Question

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"All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault."

"All we know is that, at times, fighting the Russians, we had to remove the piles of enemy bodies from before our trenches, so as to get a clear field of fire against new waves of assault."

Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier

Enemy, Fighting, Fire

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"We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws."

"We imagined that the mildness of our government and the wishes of the people were so correspondent that we were not as other nations, requiring brutal force to support the laws."

Henry Knox, American Soldier

Government, People, Force, Laws

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"Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile, stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions."

"Do external things distract you? Then make time for yourself to learn something worthwhile, stop letting yourself be pulled in all directions."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Self, Focus, Learning, Discipline

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"5 Ways To Build Your Brand on Social Media:1 Post content that add value. 2 Spread positivity. 3 Create steady stream of info. 4 Make an impact. 5 Be yourself."

Germany Kent, Roman Soldier

Marketing, Branding, Social Media, Positivity, Values

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"Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood."

"Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood."

Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

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"Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing."

"Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing."

Barry McCaffrey, American Soldier

Peace, Production

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"On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother."

"On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother."

Calamity Jane, American Soldier

Family, Mother, Father, Baby, October

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