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Quotes by Soldier
"It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance."
5
"I find purer philosophy in a Poem than in a Conclusion of Geometry, a chemical analysis, or a physical law."
5
"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."
5
"Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience."
5
"In these highways our engineering will reflect the National Socialist movement."
5
"It is sometimes tougher to fight my superiors than the French."
5
"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."
5
"But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section."
5
"Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement."
5
"The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe."
5
"The secondary attack was made against The Hague. Its aim was to get a hold upon the Dutch capital, and in particular to capture the Government offices and the Service headquarters."
5
"A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances."
5
"As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone."
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"If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't."
5
"And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights."
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"Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs."
5
"These clashes are the only evolu-tionary possibility which will enable us one day, now that Fate has given us the Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, to create the Germanic Reich."
5
"The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out."
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"It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and nothing seems to be moving in a direction that you think or they think or you've been told it's supposed to be moving in."
5
"There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity."
5
"The world is in a constant conspiracy against the brave. It's the age-old struggle: the roar of the crowd on the one side, and the voice of your conscience on the other."
5
"I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version."
5
"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."
5
"There was reference made to a book written in Greek by a former Rabbi who had been converted to Christianity. There was reference to a publication of a high clergyman of Milan. Not even did Jews raise objections to that book."
5
"This is a Disaster. This isn't something somebody can control. We ain't stuck on stupid."
5
"Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the different tribes on reservations and support them at the expense of our people."
5
"But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment, but it's not enough."
5
"I never had a single conversation about politics with Ross Perot in my life; still haven't."
5
"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?"
5
"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."
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"Films and gramophone records, music, books and buildings show clearly how vigorously a man's life and work go on after his "death," whether we feel it or not, whether we are aware of the individual names or not. There is no such thing as death according to our view!"
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