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Quotes by Soldier
"It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it."
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"The primary factor in a successful attack is speed."
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"Perceive that which cannot be seen with the eye."
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"Few Indians only had breech cloths, most being wrapped in buffalo robes, otherwise quite naked."
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"As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it."
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"It is an open secret that Jews do not work, but rather let others work for them."
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"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."
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"In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield."
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"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."
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"It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation."
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"What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it."
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"A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end."
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"Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they can call their own, and it will do away with tribal Indians."
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"An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual."
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"They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that."
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"A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable."
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"Trust should be the basis for all our moral training."
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"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Fear,
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"A leader who loses his connection to his people soon loses the ability to lead them."
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"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."
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"In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq."
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"That's the reason some schools of thinking don't rule out a destruction of the Chinese military potential before the situation grows worse than it is today. It's bad enough now."
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"I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions."
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"Hold on to anything you find that's good and workable for you. Drop anything negative where you find it."
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"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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"The Indians gave up the land of their own free will, and for it received brass kettles, blankets, guns, shirts, flints, tobacco, rum and many trinkets in which their simple hearts delighted."
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"All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that."
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"Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft."
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"A battery of field artillery is worth a thousand muskets."
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"It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly."
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