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The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.
Mankind has had ten-thousand years of experience at fighting and if we must fight, we have no excuse for not fighting well.
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.
It was necessary to close the front against Germany and that it (victory) depended on us whether it was to be closed or not.
I think ninjas are probably quieter than SEALs, but we are better swimmers, and also better with guns and blowing things up.
In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.
I think the best way to get a good night sleep is to work hard throughout the day. If you work hard and, of course, work out.
I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.
I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.
One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour - the outcome of the campaign, and one day - the fate of the country.
There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.
I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.
Hitler decided that Mussolini must be freed from the Italian Partisans because Benito was his friend and had acted in good faith.
You must be careful how you walk and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.
Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.
As long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people, greedy, barbarous and cruel.
The outfit soon took on color, dash and a unique flavor which is the essence of that elusive and deathless thing called soldiering.
I address you with neither rancor nor bitterness in the fading twilight of life, with but one purpose in mind: to serve my country.
Nothing would have been changed for the German people, but my name would have gone down in history as that of the greatest traitor.
Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.
To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.
The enemy is in front of us, the enemy is behind us, the enemy is to the right and to the left of us. They can't get away this time!
There is not one incident in the history of humanity in which defeatism led to peace which was anything other than a complete fraud.
Although care must be taken not to kill or injure anyone while these persons are being taken into custody, resistance must be broken!
I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.
I know that this operation will be sort of helter-skelter. But the First Marine Division is going to win the war by landing at Inchon.
It goes without saying that when survival is threatened, struggles erupt between peoples, and unfortunate wars between nations result.
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
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.
The enemy has assailed my outposts in heavy force. I have fallen back on the line of Bull Run and will make a stand at Mitchell's Ford.
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. Only those Americans who are willing to die for their country are fit to live.
If you want to steal, steal a little cleverly, in a nice way. Only if you steal so much as to become rich overnight, you will be caught.
There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.
A thick headcloth forms a good protection against the sun, and if you wear a hat your best Arab friends will be ashamed of you in public.
I want to make sure that the Coast Guard people in Vietnam know that I am hearing about them often and that I am pleased with what I hear.
Our country is now geared to an arms economy bred in an artificially induced psychosis of war hysteria and an incessant propaganda of fear.
I, first of all, felt a great sense of loss, a sense of condolence for the friends that I had that were killed in that, for the loved ones.
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.
As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.
Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man.
A cool breeze stirred my hair at that moment, as the night wind began to come down from the hills, but it felt like a breath from another world.
I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.
Traveler is my only companion; I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.
As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be treated generously.
The great question is, can war be outlawed from the world? If so, it would mark the greatest advance in civilization since the Sermon on the Mount.