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Quotes by Soldier
"The education of a man is never completed until he dies."
12
"I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout the world throw up their hands in horror when you mention nuclear weapons, just because of the propaganda that's been fed to them."
12
"Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable."
Past,
12
"Among various demands and charges I gave them, was, that the said flag should be delivered to me, and one of the United States' flags be received and hoisted in its place."
11
"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."
11
"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."
11
"He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man."
11
"Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too."
10
"The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts."
10
"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."
10
"They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy."
10
"Never break the neutrality of a port or place, but never consider as neutral any place from whence an attack is allowed to be made."
10
"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship."
9
"There will be masses available all day long. Confession available all day long."
9
"What I can do for my country, I am willing to do."
9
"In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine."
9
"Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible."
9
"It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can."
9
"War is a racket. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives."
War,
9
"You know too well the forces which compose their army to dread their superior numbers."
9
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