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The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.
We must offer the world leadership designed to advance the goal of universal progress and enduring peace.
The scale and grandeur of the Russian effort mark it as the greatest military achievement in all history.
Believe me, sir, never a night goes by, be I ever so tired, but I read the Word of God before I go to bed.
At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States
I was ordered not to go out to Abu Ghraib after dark early on, because Abu Ghraib was extremely dangerous.
No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
The dreamers of the day are dangerous... for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.
We lived always in the stretch or sag of nerves, either on the crest or in the trough of waves of feeling.
Expect only 5% of an intelligence report to be accurate.The trick of a good commander is to isolate the 5%.
At the Imperial Conference on December 1, it was decided to make war against England and the United States.
I’d rather protect a living, breathing person I can touch than some shogun above the clouds I’ll never see.
Well, I enjoy sharing in the dangers that we ask our men and women in uniform to share in almost every day.
The moment the first American soldier sets foot on the Japanese mainland, all prisoners of war will be shot.
There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.
A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
Live for this life as though you live in it forever and live for the life to come as though you die tomorrow.
The soldier, above all other men, is required to practice the greatest act of religious training - sacrifice.
Whether or not you could actually increase the size of the force is something that will have to be determined.
The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever.
I had learned one of the bitter lessons of life: never try to regain the past, the fire will have become ashes.
Wait a while; there will come to you mounts, carrying lions in shining armor, battalions followed by battalions.
A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does
Misery, anger, indignation, discomfort-those conditions produce literature. Contentment-never. So there you are.
My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none.
When the enemy is driven back, we have failed, and when he is cut off, encircled and dispersed, we have succeeded.
Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.
The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm.
It was close; but that's the way it is in war. You win or lose, live or die - and the difference is just an eyelash.
In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.
The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.
A strong pursuit, give no time for the enemy to think, take advantage of victory, uproot him, cut off his escape route.
You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.
For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
I no longer have a borrowed soul. I no longer have borrowed thoughts or ideas. I no longer speak in a borrowed language.
What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!
In war, as it is waged now, with the enormous losses on both sides, both sides will lose. It is a form of mutual suicide.
I can recall no parallel in history where a great nation recently at war has so distinguished its former enemy commander.
If you want to steal, steal a little in a nice way. But if you steal too much to become rich overnight, you'll be caught.
Worry, doubt, fear and despair are the enemies which slowly bring us down to the ground and turn us to dust before we die.
I see that the flagpole still stands. Have your troops hoist the colors to its peak, and let no enemy ever haul them down.
I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice.
To get the best out of your men, they must feel that you are their real leader and must know that they can depend upon you.
We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.
General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.
Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper, to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand.