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Quotes by Soldier
"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."
63
"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."
63
"If I fall, pick up the flag, kiss it, and keep on going."
63
"Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference."
63
"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."
62
"Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis."
62
"Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."
62
"My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness."
62
"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."
61
"If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner."
61
"A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances."
60
"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."
60
"It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can."
60
"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."
60
"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."
59
"Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body."
58
"On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian."
58
"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."
58
"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."
58
"It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French."
57
"Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker."
57
"In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine."
57
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