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Quotes by Soldier
"Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities."
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"Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could."
66
"Every pioneer and musician who could carry a musket went into the ranks. Even the sick and foot-sore, who could not keep up in the march, came up as soon as they could find their regiments, and took their places in line of battle, while it was battle, indeed."
66
"When you run up against someone else's shamelessness, ask yourself this: Is a world without shamelessness possible?No. Then don't ask the impossible. There have to be shameless people in the world. This is one of them. The same for someone vicious or untrustworthy, or with any other defect. Remembering that the whole world class has to exist will make you more tolerant of its members."
66
"But clearly, this is what this is about. It's about pushing the security bubble out. It's about rooting out every last guy, so that there's not even somebody who can fire a single, solitary RPG round from some little qalat out here."
66
"Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body."
65
"Accustom yourself not to be disregarding of what someone else has to say: as far as possible enter into the mind of the speaker."
65
"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity."
65
"The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went."
65
"Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable."
65
"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."
65
"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."
65
"Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging."
64
"The education of a man is never completed until he dies."
64
"If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk."
64
"On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian."
64
"That's all I cared about too, was getting it right."
64
"I don't think the creative writing industry has helped American poetry."
64
"I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps."
63
"In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not."
War,
63
"Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead."
63
"I would hate to see operations in the Congo held hostage to Sierra Leone but I really think that's the way it's got to be. At one point we've got to decide to get it right and we've got to be professional."
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