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Quotes by Soldier
"During the engagement I tried to throw a strong force through the canon, but I was obliged to use it elsewhere before it had gotten to the supposed location of the village."
16
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."
Fear,
16
"I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were my priorities, and I stand by the same today. There wasn't a lot of support for those soldiers."
16
"The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged."
16
"We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so."
16
"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."
16
"I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?"
16
"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."
16
"I am pleased that the President has signed an Executive Order this week requiring federal agencies to disclose information about prices and quality of healthcare services."
16
"Here was this vast machinery of government and they didn't know how it ran, where you put in the gas, where you put in the oil, where you turn the throttle."
16
"You are responsible for everything you TWEET and RETWEET."
16
"The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy."
16
"Suddenly a single shot on the extreme left rang out on the clear morning air, followed quickly by several others, and the whole line pushed rapidly forward through the brush."
16
"No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy."
16
"I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation."
15
"They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government."
15
"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."
15
"The controversies between the proletariat and the middle class had to be smoothed out and bridged over by each getting to know and understand the other."
15
"The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages."
15
"There will be masses available all day long. Confession available all day long."
15
"One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune."
15
"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."
15
"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."
15
"What I can do for my country, I am willing to do."
15
"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."
15
"The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility."
15
"There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove."
15
"The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war."
15
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