"How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?"

"Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition"

"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them"

"Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war"

"Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week"

"Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty"

"Old soldiers never die; they just fade away"

"A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon"

"History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools"

"The connection between dress and war is not far to seek; your finest clothes are those you wear as soldiers"

"As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era"