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Quotes by Soldier

"The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood."

"The village had a mill near it, situated on the little creek, which made very good flour. The population consisted of civilized Indians, but much mixed blood."

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

Blood, Population

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"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."

"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."

Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese Soldier

Strength, Meditation, Prayer, Self

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"A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood."

"A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions."

"It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

Decisions, Democracy, Majority

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"War is the province of danger."

"War is the province of danger."

Karl Von Clausewitz, Prussian Soldier

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"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."

"The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Revenge, Injury

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"Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging."

"Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging."

Kenneth H. Cooper, American Soldier

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"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value."

"Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value."

Ferdinand Foch, French Soldier

War, Airplanes, Military, Value

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"If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did."

"If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Fact, Law, Now, Responsibility

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"It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign."

"It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign."

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

War, Country, First, Media

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"There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory."

"There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory."

Francis Drake, English Soldier

Beginning, End, Glory

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"Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems."

"Southern poets are still writing narrative poems, poems in forms, dramatic poems."

Robert Morgan, American Soldier

Poems, Poets, Writing

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"I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want."

"I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

Humility, Rank, Rivalry, Want, Will

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"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."

"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."

Janis Karpinski, American Soldier

Conversation, Responsibility

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"Trust should be the basis for all our moral training."

"Trust should be the basis for all our moral training."

Robert Baden-Powell, English Soldier

Trust, Training

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"There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years."

"There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Past, Training, Years

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"As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all."

"As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all."

George McClellan, American Soldier

Rights, Military, Necessity, Respect

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"I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy."

"I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy."

William Westmoreland, American Soldier

Man, Men, War, Credit, Enemy

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"Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities."

"Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities."

William Throsby Bridges, Australian Soldier

Attention, Beginnings

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"I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double."

"I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double."

James Stockdale, American Soldier

Time, Blood, Giving, Pain

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"And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty."

"And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

God, Career, Duty, Military

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"The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical."

"The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical."

George Crook, American Soldier

Mistake, People, Spiritual, Welfare

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"It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth."

"It's been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Truth, Fun, Pretty

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"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."

"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."

Paul von Hindenburg, German Soldier

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"In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself."

"In other words, for every 10 enemy you kill you bring on 20 new recruits to their anti-coalition cause then essentially you are working against yourself."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

Cause, Enemy, Words

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"Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S."

"Our border patrol does a great job under these very dangerous conditions. They use very sophisticated equipment, including gamma rays, to detect drugs and illegal immigrants as they enter the U.S."

Timothy Murphy, American Soldier

Security, Drugs, Job

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"If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir."

"If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir."

William Tecumseh Sherman, American Soldier

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"Today, Germany is on the borders of Europe everywhere."

"Today, Germany is on the borders of Europe everywhere."

Heinrich Himmler, German Soldier

Nationalism, Europe, Germany, Today

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"The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes."

"The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes."

Karl Von Clausewitz, Prussian Soldier

War, Goal, Isolation

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"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage."

"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage."

Robert Anderson, American Soldier

Marriage, Divorce, Old

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"They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them."

"They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

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"We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the light of every passing ship."

"We need to learn to set our course by the stars, not by the light of every passing ship."

Omar N. Bradley, American Soldier

Direction, Light, Stars

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"That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!"

"That's what supporting the troops is really all about - making sure American grunts get the right stuff!"

David Hackworth, American Soldier

Politics, Right, Troops

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"The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch."

"The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

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"My honor is my loyalty."

"My honor is my loyalty."

Heinrich Himmler, German Soldier

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"I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive."

"I went overseas hoping to prove that all our POWs were home. I came back convinced that they were still alive."

Bo Gritz, American Soldier

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"We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war."

"We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war."

Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier

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"He was a man, he always performed his promises."

"He was a man, he always performed his promises."

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

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"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."

"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."

Horatio Nelson, British Soldier

Politics, Neutrality

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"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."

"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor."

Moshe Dayan, Israeli Soldier

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"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."

"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire."

Ferdinand Foch, French Soldier

Soul, Earth, Fire

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"Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields."

"Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields."

Julius Streicher, German Soldier

People, America, American, Germany

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"Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft."

"Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft."

Billy Mitchell, American Soldier

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"There is no substitute for victory."

"There is no substitute for victory."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

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"As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers."

"As the knight of the quill never ventured into the fight, and only snuffed the battle afar, he knew nothing accurately of battles, but managed to pick up a few real or supposed incidents from the wounded and from stragglers."

Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

Battle, Fight, Knight, Nothing

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"Americans never quit."

"Americans never quit."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

Perseverance, Americans

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"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."

"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."

Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

Man, Men, Society, Existence, Years

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"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer."

George S. Patton, American Soldier

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"No damn man kills me and lives."

"No damn man kills me and lives."

Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Soldier

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"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights."

"There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights."

Smedley Butler, American Soldier

Defence, Defense, Fight, Rights

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