Famous quotes by Soldiers

"My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

"I ended the war a horse ahead"

Nathan Bedford Forrest, Soldier

"Get there first with the most"

Nathan Bedford Forrest, Soldier

"I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer"

Oliver North, Soldier

"Bill Clinton is not my commander-in-chief"

Oliver North, Soldier

"Is the proposed operation likely to succeed? What might the consequences of failure? Is it in the realm of practicability in terms of material and supplies?"

Chester W. Nimitz, Soldier

"We had at our disposal the first operational jet, which superseded by at least 150 knots the fastest American and English fighters. This was a unique situation"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"I made a written report which is still today in existence. I have a photocopy of it, and I am saying that in production this aircraft could perhaps substitute for three propeller- driven aircraft of the best existing type. This was my impression"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"The Fuhrer is always right. I sense it"

Robert Ley, Soldier

"The pride of dying rich raises the loudest laugh in hell"

John W. Foster, Soldier

"A man without decision can never be said to belong to himself"

John W. Foster, Soldier

"Also, General Zinni, who commanded Central Command, was very much opposed to the war in the first place, as I was. We were both quoted to that effect in February of 2003"

William Odom, Soldier

"We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees"

Robert Ley, Soldier

"In World War II in Germany, we had a ration for one U.S. soldier, or one Allied soldier for every twenty inhabitants. The ratio in Iraq is about one for a hundred and sixty"

William Odom, Soldier

"My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity"

Wilfred Owen, Soldier

"The war effects me less than it ought. I can do no service to anybody by agitating for news or making dole over the slaughter"

Wilfred Owen, Soldier

"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage"

Robert Anderson, Soldier

"Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"Don't fight the problem, decide it"

George C. Marshall, Soldier

"It is an endless procession of surprises. The expected rarely occurs and never in the expected manner"

Vernon A. Walters, Soldier

"Between a fellow who is stupid and honest and one who is smart and crooked, I will take the first. I won't get much out of him, but with that other guy I can't keep what I've got"

Lewis B. Hershey, Soldier

"In our passage from the Cape of Good Hope, the winds were mostly from the westward with very boisterous weather; but one great advantage that this season of the year has over the summer months is in being free from fogs"

William Bligh, Soldier

"Compromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong"

Lord Edward Cecil, Soldier

"There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory"

Francis Drake, Soldier

"My greetings to you, my Germany"

Alfred Jodl, Soldier

"But it so happens, and it will ever happen so, that they who have lived to serve their country - no matter how weak their efforts may have been - are sure to receive the thanks and blessings of its people"

Thomas F. Meagher, Soldier

"The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan"

Michael Mullen, Soldier

"As a cabin boy on a Norwegian sailing ship, I earned five kronen a week in addition to my keep"

Fritz Sauckel, Soldier

"I think they do have to get it right in Sierra Leone. There has to be something in there now to establish confidence, to stabilize the situation, and then to move to some sort of political negotiations"

Alex Morrison, Soldier

"In this respect I expressed my doubts about using the Corps directly on the South coast, to form a bridgehead for the Army - as the area immediately behind the coast was now covered with obstacles. These doubts were accepted by Hitler"

Kurt Student, Soldier

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