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Quotes by Soldier
"The Fuhrer is always right. Every last citizen must say this."
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"If we dismiss from our minds the prejudice we may have against the Indians we shall be able to more clearly understand the impulses that govern both races."
7
"Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good."
7
"We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil."
7
"The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play."
7
"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."
7
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
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"Today, Germany is on the borders of Europe everywhere."
7
"I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems."
7
"With the dreary season in which we travelled part of the route; with our minds much more actively employed in forming resources for our preservation from famine."
7
"Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies?"
7
"All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds."
7
"Don't tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results."
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"The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country."
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"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."
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"There are not enough Indians in the world to defeat the Seventh Cavalry."
7
"We know not of the future and cannot plan for it much."
7
"Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die."
7
"We have to go in places no body would ever think of going into were it not for the necessities of war."
7
"I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production."
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"No amount of study or learning will make a man a leader unless he has the natural qualities of one."
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"As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it."
6
"I am dying, but with a strong hope and persuasion that my country will gain her independence."
6
"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."
6
"And occasionally some of the nations that will be partners in this would probably not be, in terms of passing a pure human rights check, have everything going for them that you would like to have."
6
"If one of us, any of us, any American is traveling in a town somewhere in America and a medical crisis hits them, for someone who is diabetic or perhaps has heart disease or some other problems, where do we get the records to determine what to do?"
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