- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Soldiers Quotes
Quotes on duty, discipline, and command.
This set stays close to the idea of soldiers as a team to be led and coordinated, echoed in one line comparing a general's command of troops to a musician commanding the keys of an instrument. That sense of structured Duty runs through it.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to score but when you think of the soldiers in Iraq with bullets flying around their heads you realise a penalty isn't something to get too worried about.
- Engineers
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- Nov 07, 2020
The south produced statesmen and soldiers, planters and doctors and lawyers and poets, but certainly no engineers and mechanics. Let Yankees adopt such low callings.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really like 'Passion of the Christ.' I like that movie. I also like 'We Were Soldiers,' and 'Braveheart.' And 'Napoleon Dynamite' - that movie was funny.
- Berlin
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a kid, while touring East Berlin - back when there was an East Berlin - I got my left foot stuck in an escalator in Alexanderplatz. A few hours later, thanks to blowtorches and chainsaws and East German soldiers and the U.S. Embassy, my foot was released, and I along with it.
- Support
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want to be sure that both NATO's territory and NATO soldiers are well protected. We need to make sure that there is the air defense and the air support for these forces in case that is necessary.
- Losing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies.
- Meaning
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.
- Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.
- Dangerous
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making it far more secure.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we've seen, deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense. Countries typically don't want foreign soldiers in their cities and towns.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020