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Quotes by Soldier
"You know too well the forces which compose their army to dread their superior numbers."
63
"Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
63
"Hold on to anything you find that's good and workable for you. Drop anything negative where you find it."
63
"You hit somebody with your fist and not with your fingers spread."
63
"We can no longer stand for the Security Council passing resolutions and then in effect heaving alongside and taking a vacation. We cannot leave it to the secretary general to go cap in hand."
62
"But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section."
62
"Nevertheless, China was unfortunately unable to understand Japan's real position, and it is greatly to be regretted that the Sino-Japanese War became one of long duration."
War,
62
"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"
62
"Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment for prisoners under their control."
62
"The Jew is a devil in human form. It is fitting that he be exterminated root and branch."
62
"A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets."
61
"Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound."
Poor,
61
"Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good."
61
"You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it."
61
"We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the sermon on the mount."
61
"All the 20th we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay but were prevented by variable winds."
61
"Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something."
61
"I have only one eye, I have a right to be blind sometimes... I really do not see the signal!"
61
"In the morning when thou risest unwillingly, let this thought be present - I am rising to the work of a human being. Why then am I dissatisfied if I am going to do the things for which I exist and for which I was brought into the world?"
61
"As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it."
60
"The Fuhrer is always right. Every last citizen must say this."
60
"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."
60
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