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Quotes by Soldier
"Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could."
53
"You must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it."
53
"Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable."
53
"If our most highly qualified General Staff officers had been told to work out the most nonsensical high level organization for war which they could think of, they could not have produced anything more stupid that that which we have at present."
53
"That's all I cared about too, was getting it right."
53
"Points of views that are expressed on Twitter don't intend to offend, but rather defend and open the conversation up to everyone so that no one has to pretend."
53
"I think there are many times when it would be most efficient to use nuclear weapons. However, the public opinion in this country and throughout the world throw up their hands in horror when you mention nuclear weapons, just because of the propaganda that's been fed to them."
53
"The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit."
52
"The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went."
52
"The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
52
"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,
52
"Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor - with the cry of grave national emergency."
52
"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?"
52
"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,
51
"I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest."
51
"All of us, who are members of the Germanic peoples, can be happy and thankful that once in thousands of years fate has given us, from among the Germanic peoples, such a genius, a leader, our Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, and you should be happy to be allowed to work with us."
51
"Teaching writing over the years intrudes on your own writing in important ways, taking away some of the excitement of poetry."
51
"Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother you, you're not a good soldier."
War,
51
"When the Jews speak of humanity, they mean only the totality of Jews."
51
"I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong."
51
"Understanding sometimes is not enough to explain something."
51
"I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think."
51
"There is only one sort of discipline, perfect discipline."
50
"The Fuhrer is always right. Every last citizen must say this."
50
"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."
50
"By-and-large, these are families that are just waiting to get out of here. They are frustrated; I would be, too. I get frustrated at the cash register counter when the paper runs out."
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