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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
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the battle of Kunu-ri, more than 5,000 American soldiers were killed, wounded or taken as prisoners of war. Ninety percent of my unit was killed.
- Assert
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the enactment of the War Powers Act in 1973, which I supported then and support now, Congress has been reluctant to assert its authority when presidents decide to send American soldiers into harm's way.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sort of became infatuated with soldiers. I got to know some of them and got a little perturbed with Hollywood making a spectacle out of them and making them look like they have screwed up somehow.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
We were ordered out to quell an uprising of the Indians, and were out for several days, had numerous skirmishes during which six of the soldiers were killed and several severely wounded.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Indians were well mounted and felt proud and elated because they had been made United States soldiers.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I write back to all the soldiers who write to me and send them posters and calendars.
- WWE
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- Nov 07, 2020
WWE is there for the soldiers.
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.
- Dark
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- Nov 07, 2020
Patton was living in the Dark Ages. Soldiers were peasants to him. I didn't like that attitude.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the depths of the Pacific to the deserts of Iraq, more than a million American soldiers, Airmen, midshipmen, and Marines have laid down their lives for their friends, their families and our nation.
- Moral
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are Jewish soldiers. Our battle orders include the rules of engagement and the Ten Commandments. The computer code of the F-35 and the moral code of the prophets of Israel.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Armies and former soldiers are working in the field to help protect elephants. Some have suggested staining the ivory; cameras and trackers have even been embedded within the tusk; others have arranged for tusks to be removed pre-emptively by conservationists.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020