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But what a cruel thing is war to separate and destroy families and friends.
The Church will pray to God for the dead. The survivor has honour and glory.
It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.
To make war upon rebellion is messy and slow, like eating soup with a knife.
If I could talk it like Dahoum, you would never be tired of listening to me.
In war, you win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.
Voroshilov was a hard-riding, hard-drinking military crony of civil-war days.
The object and practice of liberty lies in the limitation of government power.
The standards to get in are very high. We don't want to lower those standards.
We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.
A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
Don't make a hasty movement. Be like a mountain. Move silently and cautiously.
The inescapable price of liberty is an ability to preserve it from destruction.
I am of Virginia and all my professional life I have studied of Lee and Jackson
The literature of disease is more interesting to me than all the healthy books.
That enemy warrior appears to be a formidable opponent. I relish the challenge.
Men will not fight and die without knowing what they are fighting and dying for.
If I had one more division like this First Marine Division I could win this war.
Global war has become Frankenstein's monster, threatening to destroy both sides.
The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
There is nothing more important to a democracy than an active and engaged press.
To me, basic SEAL training was a lifetime of challenges crammed into six months.
Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind.
The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.
A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.
I have rendered my country and people an enormous service. They owe me everything.
Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it.
The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.
No blood has been shed under my command this far; and I am determined none shall be!
In many situations that seemed desperate, the artillery has been a most vital factor.
And here I am, dying in my bed, like cattle die. May the eyes of cowards never sleep.
If ever I leave power, it will be only in conditions of beauty, never under pressure.
The I.M.F. programs cost us $2 billion in outflows against only $1 billion in inflows.
I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.
We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.
It seems to me that the conquest of the air is the only major task for our generation.
The beginning and ending of the secret of handling Arabs is unremitting study of them.
Frankly, I had enjoyed the war… and why do people want peace if the war is so much fun?
Even when opportunity knocks, a man still has to get up off his seat and open the door.
Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.
A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.
Club Secretary: I say, Lawrence. You are a clown! Lawrence: We can't all be lion tamers.
No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.
I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil.
You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.
My staff was unanimous in believing that Japan was on the point of collapse and surrender.
Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world, and that God will preserve it always.