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"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."

"I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

Government, Sheep, Wood

4

"The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973."

"The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

Law, Americans, Fact

4

"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce."

"He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce."

Xenophon, Greek Soldier

4

"It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly."

"It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly."

George Crook, American Soldier

Life, Present, Property, Protection

4

"Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate."

"Love only what befalls you and is spun for you by fate."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Stoicism, Love, Fate, Acceptance, Destiny

4

"We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace."

"We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace."

James D. Watkins, American Soldier

4

"I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do."

"I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do."

Jessica Lynch, American Soldier

Inspirational, Giving, Kids

4

"It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted to them on a proper basis."

"It is impossible for our working people to maintain their full strength if they do not succeed in obtaining a sufficient supply of fat, allotted to them on a proper basis."

Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier

Strength, People, Succeed

4

"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."

"Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

4

"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""

"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Fortune, Future

4

"I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation."

"I did not have a very literary background. I came to poetry from the sciences and mathematics, and also through an interest in Japanese and Chinese poetry in translation."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Poetry, Interest, Literary, Mathematics

4

"Every mission accomplished."

"Every mission accomplished."

Matthew B. Ridgway, American Soldier

Achievement, Mission

4

"When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life."

"When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life."

Ralph Peters, American Soldier

Life, Death, Fiction, Reality

4

"One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice."

"One of the most powerful devices is to distort time, to go from human time to atomic time, geologic time. Sometimes you can actually accomplish that, with one unexpected word choice."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Time, Choice, Word

4

"After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him, capture him, whatever it takes. To me, it was a false sense of security: If we get Saddam, we're going to win this war."

"After they killed Uday and Qusay, the focus centered on Saddam: Find him, kill him, capture him, whatever it takes. To me, it was a false sense of security: If we get Saddam, we're going to win this war."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

War, Focus, Sense

4

"We are the transition from one education to the other."

"We are the transition from one education to the other."

Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier

4

"I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing."

"I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing."

Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier

Circumstance, Circumstances, Writing

4

"When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship."

"When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship."

Lew Wallace, American Soldier

People, Companionship, Lonely

4

"The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping."

"The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping."

Douglas Bader, British Soldier

History, England, Holiday, Road, Sea

4

"Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24."

"Remember, God provides the best camouflage several hours out of every 24."

David M. Shoup, American Soldier

4

"The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that poetry is new and it keeps being new the way Chevrolets every year are new."

"The idea of avant-garde art is a very suspicious thing to me, the idea that poetry is new and it keeps being new the way Chevrolets every year are new."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Art, Poetry, Idea, Being

4

"My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear."

"My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear."

James Longstreet, American Soldier

Victory, Battle, Defeat, Road

4

"If you're not grateful for what you already have, why should you be blessed with more..."

"If you're not grateful for what you already have, why should you be blessed with more..."

Germany Kent, Roman Soldier

Abundance, Gratitude, Contentment, Faith, Positivity

4

"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

4

"Habit is ten times nature."

"Habit is ten times nature."

Arthur Wellesley, English Soldier

4

"I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler."

"I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler."

Wilhelm Canaris, German Soldier

Nation, Country, Duty, Folly

4

"A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation."

"A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people; but a strong people can alone build up a great nation."

Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish Soldier

Government, People, May, Nation

4

"I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one."

"I state for the record that I have never sought funds from any POW family, nor led them to believe in any way that we were going on a mission to rescue their specific missing loved one."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

Family, Mission, State

4

"I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running."

"I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Career, Force, Islands, Running

4

"Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians."

"Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians."

George Crook, American Soldier

Colonization, Cows, Horses, Sheep, Will

4

"In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out."

"In the later books I am much more at home in the use of language to describe things. I had never thought of that until a critic pointed that out."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Home, Thought, Books, Language

4

"The fact is that Americans were sent to Russia that have not been returned."

"The fact is that Americans were sent to Russia that have not been returned."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

Law, Americans, Fact, Russia

4

"I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time."

"I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time."

Kenneth H. Cooper, American Soldier

4

"By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age."

"By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age."

Calamity Jane, American Soldier

Age, Time, Remarkable

4

"Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there."

"Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there."

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

Leadership, Vietnam

4

"Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free."

"Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free."

Anthony Wayne, American Soldier

4

"When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture."

"When you have an idea for a story, you want those characters to reach as many people as you can. I think you normally think of prose as a way of doing that. It fits our time, the culture."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Time, People, Idea, Culture

4

"I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too."

"I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too."

Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier

Crisis, Mind, Public

4

"We are Englishmen; that is one good fact."

"We are Englishmen; that is one good fact."

Oliver Cromwell, English Soldier

4

"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

4

"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

4

"We must have black troops, and a limitless number of them too - paid and treated like their white brothers."

"We must have black troops, and a limitless number of them too - paid and treated like their white brothers."

Benjamin Lincoln, American Soldier

Family, Brothers, Troops

4

"I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity."

"I'm a participant in the doctrine of constructive ambiguity."

Vernon A. Walters, American Soldier

Politics, Ambiguity, Doctrine

4

"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."

"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."

Hugh Shelton, American Soldier

Decision-Making, Decision, Military, President, Will

4

"Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later."

"Pound's translation of Chinese poetry was maybe the most important thing I read. Eliot a little bit later."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

4

"The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility."

"The German people is not marked by original sin, but by original nobility."

Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier

People, Nobility, Sin

4

"So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable."

"So long as the opposing forces are at the outset approximately equal in numbers and moral and there are no flanks to turn, a long struggle for supremacy is inevitable."

Douglas Haig, British Soldier

War, Numbers, Struggle

4

"The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route."

"The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route."

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

People, Day, Horses

4

"Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists."

"Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists."

Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier

History, Religion, Soul, Time

4

"Distance yourself from people who: 1. Disrespect you 2. Mistreat others 3. Are abusive 4. Lie to you 5. Are negative 6. Have no goals 7. Use you 8. Put you down."

"Distance yourself from people who: 1. Disrespect you 2. Mistreat others 3. Are abusive 4. Lie to you 5. Are negative 6. Have no goals 7. Use you 8. Put you down."

Germany Kent, Roman Soldier

Boundaries, Self-Worth, Positivity, Respect

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