Famous quotes by Soldiers

"If we go to Chihuahua we must be considered as prisoners of war?"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement"

Kenneth H. Cooper, Soldier

"It is not only our duty to America, but also to Ireland. We could not hope to succeed in our effort to make Ireland a Republic without the moral and material support of the liberty-loving citizens of these United States"

Thomas F. Meagher, Soldier

"The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out"

Alfred Jodl, Soldier

"Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one"

John W. Vessey, Jr., Soldier

"The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"He was a man, he always performed his promises"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"I expect we will become more demanding as citizens"

Robert Anderson, Soldier

"The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play"

Robert Anderson, Soldier

"My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it"

John W. Vessey, Jr., Soldier

"They were conspiring to desert us in the night and steal some of our horses... we engaged a spy"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"Strict justice would demand total confiscation of your property, personal imprisonment and fines"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"On no further occasion present a flag or medal to an Indian"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"It was the wish of the Americans that their red brethren should remain peacefully round their own fires, and not embroil themselves in any disputes between the white people"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"I cannot consent to be led three or four hundred leagues out of my route, without its being by force of arms"

Zebulon Pike, Soldier

"On the night of the 1st of September, we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight, we saw the natives with our glasses"

William Bligh, Soldier

"Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound"

William Bligh, Soldier

"All the 20th, we were endeavouring to get into Adventure Bay, but were prevented by variable winds"

William Bligh, Soldier

"Adventure Bay is a convenient and safe place for any number of ships to take in wood and water during the summer months: but in the winter, when the southerly winds are strong, the surf, on all parts of the shore, makes the landing exceedingly troublesome"

William Bligh, Soldier

"Suddenly a single shot on the extreme left rang out on the clear morning air, followed quickly by several others, and the whole line pushed rapidly forward through the brush"

John Gibbon, Soldier

"There is a degree of wretchedness and want among the lower class of people which is not anywhere so common as among the Spanish and Portuguese settlements"

William Bligh, Soldier

"The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge"

William Bligh, Soldier

"Our plants had now increased to 252: as they were all kept on shore at the tent I augmented the guard there, though from the general conduct of the natives there did not appear the least occasion for so much caution"

William Bligh, Soldier

"On the 28th, the ship's company received two months' pay in advance, and on the following morning we worked out to St. Helen's, where we were obliged to anchor"

William Bligh, Soldier

"I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity"

Michael Mullen, Soldier

"I've said for a long time, clearly the - a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be Pakistan and our relationship with Pakistan, which was one that was broken in the late '80s and which we've worked hard to restore"

Michael Mullen, Soldier

"We are tired out in making complaints, and getting no redress"

Joseph Brant, Soldier

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