Famous quotes by Soldiers

"There needs to be more pressure on the Mexican government to stop the drugs and illegal immigrants on their side of the border instead of exporting them to the U.S"

Timothy Murphy, Soldier

"I don't think there is another person in America that wants to tell this story as much as I do"

Oliver North, Soldier

"God knows, we don't want prayer"

Oliver North, Soldier

"And freedom is what America means to the world"

Audie Murphy, Soldier

"The sexes were made for each other, and only in the wise and loving union of the two is the fullness of health and duty and happiness to be expected"

William Hall, Soldier

"Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States"

Oliver North, Soldier

"I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam, or, in fact, any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century"

Oliver North, Soldier

"I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do"

Oliver North, Soldier

"I'm glad that it didn't take as long to get Shepard off the ground as it's taken this series. I'd begun to think the Congo would be ahead of us in the space race before Whispering Smith ever got on the air"

Audie Murphy, Soldier

"I had to inspect all fighter units in Russia, Africa, Sicily, France, and Norway. I had to be everywhere"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"According to Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command, they were supposed to be the fighter elite"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"It's unbelievable what one squadron of twelve aircraft did to tip the balance"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights"

Adolf Galland, Soldier

"There never is a convenient place to fight a war when the other man starts it"

Arleigh Burke, Soldier

"If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed"

David Hackworth, Soldier

"The major deterrent to war is in a man's mind"

Arleigh Burke, Soldier

"I haven't heard anything or seen anything out there that would lead me to believe that all of a sudden there's an unexpected drop in PCs"

Daniel Morgan, Soldier

"For too long, people have backed companies on hope value rather than solid products coming out. Now we are coming out the other side"

Daniel Morgan, Soldier

"What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

"The primary factor in a successful attack is speed"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

"I don't care a damn for your loyal service when you think I am right; when I really want it most is when you think I am wrong"

John Monash, Soldier

"Damn the sword! When Virginia wanted a sword, I gave her one. Now she sends me a toy! I require bread!"

George Rogers Clark, Soldier

"Where you have no religion, you are sure to have no government, for as religion disappears, anarchy takes place and fixes a compleat Hell on earth till religion returns"

Daniel Morgan, Soldier

"I believe in one God, the first and great cause of goodness. I also believe in Jesus Christ, the rebirth of the world. I also believe in the Holy Ghost, the comforter"

Daniel Morgan, Soldier

"Terrorism, too, must be excised wherever it exists, which will take years, and which can't happen without the total commitment and the everyday involvement of the American people"

David Hackworth, Soldier

"Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there"

David Hackworth, Soldier

"In order to drill into young men the need to stay alert and stay alive, I used to punish offenders with my fists, boots and rifle butt, and with stockade time"

David Hackworth, Soldier

"This is the war I fear"

Lord Mountbatten, Soldier

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