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As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.
There is as much ingenuity in making an felicitous application of an passage as in being the author of it.
La cucaracha, la cucaracha, Ya no quieres caminar, Porque no tienes, Porque le falta, Marihuana que fumar.
I think the embryonic digital world had the same affect on me as the openness of the old American frontier.
Where I am ignorant, Lord, teach me. Where I am wrong, Lord, correct me. Where I am right, Lord, confirm me.
I apologize to coalition forces and all the families, detainees, the families, America and all the soldiers.
If the exigencies of my country demand a peculiar service, its claims to perform that service are imperious.
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
I'll tell you what bravery really is. Bravery is just determination to do a job that you know has to be done.
I think it's actually kind of sweet how there is a reciprocal effect that our stories can have on each other.
As a young queer kid growing up, I explored my identity through the Chicago and Washington, D.C., club scene.
My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time.
Each player on this team whether he shines in the spotlight or eats dirt on the line, must be an All-American.
It is often possible to decide the issue of a battle merely by making an unexpected shift of one's main weight.
To every man of us, Tobruk was a symbol of British resistance and we were now going to finish with it for good.
God gave us family so that when we have a hard time praying for ourselves, we have others who will pray for us.
The leaders of ISIS are canny strategists with a solid understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the West.
One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.
I wish to be useful, and every kind of service necessary to the public good becomes honorable by being necessary.
America today is running on the momentum of a godly ancestry, and when that momentum runs down, God help America.
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
I have returned many times to honour the valiant men who died...every man who set foot on Omaha Beach was a hero.
The United States must keep a low profile in Vietnam so we can negotiate its neutralization like we did in Laos .
The first time I passed as a woman in public was on leave in the U.S. from my deployment to Iraq in February 2010.
There are always times where the place of a commander isn't back with his Major State, but onward with his troops.
I greatly fear some of America's greatest and most dangerous enemies are such as think themselves her best friends.
In the sky there are always answers and explanations for everything: every pain, every suffering, joy and confusion.
When I chose to disclose classified information, I did so out of a love for my country and a sense of duty to others.
The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.
War is hell and all that, but it has a good deal to recommend it. It wipes out all the small nuisances of peace time.
The greatness of a leader is measured by the achievements of the led. This is the ultimate test of his effectiveness.
The nation needs men who think in terms of service to their country and not in terms of their country's debt to them.
The Christian in me says it's wrong, but the corrections officer in me says, 'I love to make a grown man piss himself.'
I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.
While being tossed around the world from place to place as a teenager, I wasn't really tethered to any place or anyone.
This is one of the consequences of the civil war. People stop trusting each other, and every stranger becomes an enemy.
The commander must establish personal and comradely contact with his men, but without giving away one inch of authority.
Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.
Counter-insurgency warfare is not a simple thing... it's not as simple as, like, good guys versus bad guys. It is a mess.
There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.
It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.
A risk is a chance you take; if it fails you can recover. A gamble is a chance taken; if it fails, recovery is impossible.
With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
I had done a guerrilla in World War II, so I had some knowledge of, of the the village life, and the way guerrillas worked.
I can only ask of those who care about me and the issues in my case to support me and spread the word about what is going on.
But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.
I am merely asking for a first chance to live my life outside the [U.S. Disciplinary Barracks] as the person I was born to be.
The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.
Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them must share the guilt for the dead.
We need to continue to build and support queer and trans communities and end the profiling and criminalization that so many face.