“These are not soldiers, these are men. They are notadventurers or warriors, designed for human butchery - as butchers or cattle. They… — Henri Barbusse Copy Share Image
Soldiers are the foundation of an army; unless they are imbued with a progressive political spirit, and unless such a spirit is… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“This revolutionary idea of Western citizenship—replete with ever more rights and responsibilities—would provide superb manpower for growing legions and a legal framework… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
“A soldier: "I know where heaven is and it's Lithuania ... The women are beautiful, pagan, with a practical view towards sex.… — Robert D. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“During the few months Troy had been back home, he’d told his friends about us, and so we quickly eased into the… — Anthony Swofford Copy Share Image
“[Iain, addressing the Rangers at the end of the French & Indian war] "Never has the world see a war as this… — Pamela Clare Copy Share Image
“President John F. Kennedy said it best, "ask not what your country can do for you -ask what you can do for… — Augusta DeJuan Hathaway Copy Share Image
In the 1950s and 1960s, many parents were generally standoffish with their male children and acted as if they were raising a… — Ezekiel Emanuel Copy Share Image
“When they arrived in full, the noise of their feet throbbed on top of the road. Their eyes were enormous in their… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I thought we stopped using grunts as guinea pigs decades ago. Even the Nazis didn't run medical experiments on their own troops… — Gary Matsumoto Copy Share Image
I've never actually been exposed to the hardships that proper soldiers endure. I also think you need a particular constitution to be… — Tom Glynn-Carney Copy Share Image
“It's not a question of getting more moral soldiers. Instead it's a question of recognizing how the situation of war (and the… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
In the Fall of 1774 & Winter of 1775, I was one of upwards of thirty, chiefly mechanics, who formed ourselves into… — Paul Revere Copy Share Image
Simon Bolivar turned over all of his land. He freed all of his slaves, and he turned them into soldiers, and he… — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
“In all armies, soldiers serving with forward combat units shared a contempt for the much larger number of men in the rear… — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
“We piled aboard the small chopper and after a bit of map pointing to the pilot we lifted off. "I love the… — Ken Lukowiak Copy Share Image
“As night fell, Yamamoto, aboard the huge battleship Yamato, steamed eastward at full speed into the night. Far ahead the destroyers went… — Dale A. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“The soldier—that is, the great soldier—of to-day is not a romantic animal, dashing at forlorn hopes, animated by frantic sentiment, full of… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
As I recovered at Walter Reed, I worried about the soldiers who pulled me out of my helicopter that Friday afternoon. Would… — Tammy Duckworth Copy Share Image
I have a lot of friends who served in the regular army for a long time. Quite a few of my friends… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
Soldiers are members of a profession of arms which has existed virtually unchanged for thousands of years- far longer than most other… — William A. Connelly Copy Share Image
“A favorite pastime of soldiers on long mounted patrols was testing each other with impossible hypotheticals. They were an endearing yet vulgar… — Mike MacLeod Copy Share Image
A broadsheet obituarist once pointed out to me that veteran soldiers die by rank. First to go are the generals, admirals and… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
“In 1996 Dorothy Mackey wrote an Op-ed piece, “Violence from comrades a fact of life for military women.” ABC News 20/ 20… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
The other problem is that the priority of many soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan is operational security: not getting killed. Now that… — Yaroslav Trofimov Copy Share Image
“If you think a lad of thirteen would have been so childish, you must be an exceptionally wise man, who, although you… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
“Governor Paetus...’ Lupus closed his eyes that we might not read the rage in them. ‘Governor Paetus has informed us that he… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
If it were in our national security to deploy to South Africa under apartheid, would we have found it acceptable or customary… — Martha McSally Copy Share Image
“They are soldiers. They depend upon routine, and anything out of the ordinary will give them pause. And they are men. They… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
“For no matter how many battles had been won or lost, no matter how many friends and soldiers killed, every battle felt… — Magus Guidan Copy Share Image
“Jack quickly set about releasing Pooh Bear from his cage. Once he was free and standing on solid ground, Pooh gazed at… — Matthew Reilly Copy Share Image
“But, new soldier that I was, I understood at last what Cadus had been trying to tell me all along: that life… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“I didn’t believe him at first, about the island, though.” “I didn’t either,”I said. “I don’t know that anyone does. It sounds… — Christina Henry Copy Share Image
“I’m at Fetzer Hall now and am about to sweep through the soldiers between us like a fucking tidal wave.” “Damn it,… — Dianne Duvall Copy Share Image
“A quick check on the platoon showed everyone more or less enjoying the flight. "Whatever it is you're eating, Ressk, swallow it… — Tanya Huff Copy Share Image
“Corbulo: a name to conjure with, a name to follow into battle, wherever he led; a name to have a man marching… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“The sergeants are shunted forward and they blink and stare up at Gonzo as he leans on the edge of his giant… — Nick Harkaway Copy Share Image
“I've heard of more ways to die in this war than I knew there were corpses. I've heard there isn't a battle… — Cynthia Bass Copy Share Image
A barracks is meant to be a place where real soldiers were to be fed and equipped for war, not a place… — Catherine Booth Copy Share Image
“He bared thick teeth. ‘I am Zacchariah. My price will be right. You show me now?’ In that moment, ten generations of… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
![“[Iain, addressing the Rangers at the end of the French & Indian war] "Never has the world see a war as this one, but you turned the tide of it, spillin' your blood to keep frontier families safe. Years from now, people will remember the Rangers, the sacrifices you made, the battles you fought, the…” quote by Pamela Clare](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b76/pamela-clare-3224_family_iain-addressing-the-rangers-at-the-end-o_3009798.jpg)
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