Soldier Quotes

"When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will"

"The experts who managed the original Marshall Plan say Afghanistan needs a commitment of at least $5 to $10 billion over 5 to 10 years, coupled with occupation forces of 250,000 Allied soldiers to keep the peace throughout the country"

Ted Rall, Cartoonist

"President Jimmy Carter was a citizen soldier. Ironically, he was considered weak because he didn't kill anybody and he didn't get anyone killed"

Andrew Young, Clergyman

"The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian"

William Gurnall, Author

"In heaven we shall appear, not in armour, but in robes of glory. But here these are to be worn night and day; we must walk, work, and sleep in them, or else we are not true soldiers of Christ"

William Gurnall, Author

"The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn't know what was going on there"

Nicholas D. Kristof, Writer

"From the sea came a boat with some Israeli commando soldiers who took me by the commando boat to the yacht and put me on the yacht. In the yacht I asked people, who are you. And they said we are Israelis, French and British"

Mordechai Vanunu, Scientist

"The gigantic Gaul derided the Roman soldiers as a band of pigmies"

John Lothrop Motley, Historian

"The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism"

Huey Newton, Activist

"It wasn't a new idea. During the war against the French we had this kind of broadcast for the French soldiers"

Hanoi Hannah, Celebrity

"The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion"

Iris Chang, Historian

"It was wrongly assumed that I wished to become some sort of leader among gay activists, whereas in reality I was happier to be a foot soldier"

Ian Mckellen, Actor

"I want it understood that all these men fought for principle, not for plunder, and that they were true-hearted, honorable soldiers, fighting for what they esteemed was a righteous cause"

Cole Younger, Criminal

"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"

Billy Bragg, Musician

"Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers"

Ahmed Yassin, Activist

"If you hear, day after day, liberals are rooting against armed forces, that is eventually going to have an effect on soldiers and troops who are actually going to believe that and it's wrong. It's just wrong"

Al Franken, Comedian

"If I have got to be a soldier, I must be a good one, anything else is unthinkable"

Wilfred Owen, Soldier

"After all my years of playing soldiers, and then of reading History, I have almost a mania to be in the East, to see fighting, and to serve"

Wilfred Owen, Soldier

"Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too"

Warren Christopher, Statesman

"The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction"

Charles Spurgeon, Clergyman

"The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin"

Alexander Cockburn, Lawyer

"I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education"

Thabo Mbeki, Statesman

"Blair... is accusing us of executing British soldiers. We want to tell him that we have not executed anybody. They are either killed in battle, most of them get killed because they are cowards anyway, the rest they just get captured"

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Public Servant

"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"

John Yoo, Educator

"I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently"

Garth Ennis, Writer

"When we got down from the ambulances there were sharp cracks about us as bursts of shrapnel splashed down upon the Town Hall square. Dead soldiers lay outside and I glanced at them coldly. We were in search of the living"

Philip Gibbs, Journalist

"I wrote those poems for myself, as a way of being a soldier here in this country. I didn't know the poems would travel. I didn't go to Lebanon until two years ago, but people told me that many Arabs had memorized these poems and translated them into Arabic"

June Jordan, Writer

"I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part of our enterprise"

James Wolfe, Soldier

"A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence"

James Wolfe, Soldier

"Our soldiers and their families are benefiting. They deserve good, quality housing and they need it"

Jim Walsh, Politician

"I just think it's my responsibility as a human being and an entertainer to see the soldiers"

Coolio, Musician

"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"

John Yoo, Educator

"We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers"

Otto Schily, Public Servant

"One of the great joys this year and the year before has been how all of the people in this body, men and women, Republicans and Democrats, have worked together so well with our chairman and the chairman of the full committee to address the issues of housing for our soldiers"

Robin Hayes, Politician

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

Curt Weldon, Politician

"Doolittle looked just like a little toy soldier the first time I ever saw him"

Loretta Lynn, Musician

"I always played a soldier, sailor, or policemen"

John Ratzenberger, Actor

"The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers"

Steven Berkoff, Actor

"If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq"

Alcee Hastings, Politician

"The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians"

Geronimo, Statesman

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