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Quotes by Soldier
"As Brian Urquhart has said quite correctly, I don't think that individual countries in the international community can stand aside and let all of these slaughters continue without doing anything."
74
"Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference."
74
"Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable."
Past,
74
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
73
"A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances."
72
"The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at Abu Ghraib just for force protection alone."
72
"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
72
"Throughout that period, Japan had made honest efforts to keep the destruction of war from spreading and, based on the belief that all nations of the world should find their places, had followed a policy designed to restore an expeditious peace between Japan and China."
72
"If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going."
72
"It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can."
71
"If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner."
71
"In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine."
70
"You win battles by knowing the enemy's timing, and using a timing which the enemy does not expect."
70
"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."
70
"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own."
69
"You may as well say, 'That's a valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion."
69
"The best doctors and the best hospitals in America, if they cannot get the patient information they need when they need it, it can lead to morbid consequences: Higher mortality."
69
"Whatever this is that I am, it is a little flesh and breath, and the ruling part. Throw away thy books; no longer distract thyself: it is not allowed; but as if thou wast now dying, despise the flesh; it is blood and bones and a network, a contexture of nerves, veins, and arteries. See the breath also, what kind of a thing it is, air, and not always the same, but every moment sent out and again sucked in. The third then is the ruling part: consider thus: Thou art an old man; no longer let this be a slave, no longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer be either dissatisfied with thy present lot, or shrink from the future."
69
"As full lines of battle could not be handled through the thick wood, I ordered the advance of the six brigades by heavy skirmish lines, to be followed by stronger supporting lines."
69
"Firstly you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own regarding their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil."
68
"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."
68
"My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness."
68
"Instead, I think over the years we have cut the strength of marriage and relationships by the law and weakened the institution. We have tried to deal with relationships with no-fault divorce, with child custody, with so many other avenues; and it has not helped."
68
"It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French."
67
"Indeed it is very hard, when we have let the King's subjects have so much of our lands for so little value."
67
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