Famous quotes by Soldiers

"I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion"

Themistocles, Soldier

"I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man"

Themistocles, Soldier

"It is never very crowded at the front"

Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., Soldier

"While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it, and we must do it"

Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., Soldier

"It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"I don't think we should be a model family living in a model home"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"I have only one eye. Do you want me to look at the road or the at the speedometer?"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"We must not try to force him to take civilization immediately in its complete form, but under just laws, guaranteeing to Indians equal civil laws, the Indian question, a source of such dishonor to our country and of shame to true patriots, will soon be a thing of the past"

George Crook, Soldier

"First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot"

George Crook, Soldier

"My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied"

Horatio Nelson, Soldier

"The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years"

George Crook, Soldier

"It has been my aim throughout present operations to afford the greatest amount of protection to life and property interests, and troops have been stationed accordingly"

George Crook, Soldier

"We should demand his blood not from the Arabs of Gaza but from ourselves. Let us make our reckoning today"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"It's a democracy and if I am outvoted, I have to accept the majority decisions"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"We are a small nation, but strong"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"I have traveled a long road from the battlefield to the peace table"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"I feel I've lived so long, and went through so much, that all I want is calm and rest"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"To aim and hit, you need one eye only, and one good finger"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"Most important, don't do anything you don't want"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"Israel cannot afford to stand against the entire world and be denounced as the aggressor"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"If I had to resign every time the Cabinet disagrees with me, I could not last as a Defense Minister one week"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"There is not one single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"The method of collective punishment so far has proved effective"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"The great mistake these people make is that they go to looking after the spiritual welfare of the Indians before securing their physical"

George Crook, Soldier

"It may be, however, that I am too much wedded to my own views in the matter, and as I have spent nearly eight years of the hardest work of my life in this department, I respectfully request that I may now be relieved from its command"

George Crook, Soldier

"Let us not be afraid to see the hatred that consumes the lives of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who sit around us and wait for the moment when their hands will be able to reach our blood"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

"It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective"

Moshe Dayan, Soldier

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