It is just as much a matter of chance that I am still alive as that I might have been hit. In… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
“Sometimes heroics revolted him; they seemed like an insult to the soldier who weighed the risks of the situation and made calm,… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
I congratulate you, my brave countrymen and fellow soldiers, on the spirit and success with which you have executed this important part… — James Wolfe Copy Share Image
I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Armed Soldier, terrible as Death, relentless as Doom; doing God's judgement on the Enemies of God. It is a phenomenon not of… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“She was a soldier, a warrior in her way as much as I. This could have happened two hundred times these past… — Robert Jordan Copy Share Image
If, however, you are indulgent, but unable to make your authority felt; kind-hearted, but unable to enforce your commands; and incapable, moreover,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Before I entered the service, all I did was take orders. Next thing I knew, I was giving them. Peacetime was one… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
A family from Mexico who arrived here this morning, legally, has as much right to the American dream as the direct descendants… — Bob Dole Copy Share Image
Too bad you didn't just take Max up on his offer, Four. Well, too bad for you, anyway," says Eric quietly as… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Despite all the dire predictions made in 2001, the Afghans have given the international community, its aid workers and soldiers a large… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
If I were the Mexican-American father of a young child who was having trouble sleeping because of Donald Trump, or who was… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“The ranks opened covertly to avoid the corpse. The invulnerable dead man forced a way for himself. The youth looked keenly at… — Stephen Crane - The Red Badget of Courage Copy Share Image
Mr. Thornton," said Margaret, shaking all over with her passion, "go down this instant, if you are not a coward. Go down… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
“Because while she might be able to feign timidity within the confines of isolation, out here—amid chaos, destruction—I knew she’d become something… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
By 1973, John Kerry had already accused American soldiers of committing war crimes in Vietnam, thrown someone else's medals to the ground… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to… — Garth Ennis Copy Share Image
“A soldier doesn’t fight to save suffering humanity or any other nonsense. He fights to prove that his unit is the best… — Rick Atkinson Copy Share Image
I would say that the war correspondent gets more drinks, more girls, better pay, and greater freedom than the soldier, but at… — Robert Capa Copy Share Image
Those who purify your water, inspect your meat, and test your kids toys, as well as a huge number of nurses, teachers,… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
That was one thing that we learned, that the Klan was making an active recruitment pitch to the armed forces - not… — Ron Stallworth Copy Share Image
For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but… — Cai Guo-Qiang Copy Share Image
“You therefore must endure a hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
General, if you put every Union soldier now on the other side of the Potomac on that field to approach me over… — James Longstreet Copy Share Image
The difference in being a good soldier and actor is that in the Air Force, you see results, and our worth is… — Spencer Stone 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
Moreover, broad plans commensurate with our national purpose and resources would bring conviction of our power to every soldier in the front… — Kelly Miller Copy Share Image
You cannot build up a standing army and then throw it back into a box like tin soldiers. Armies equipped to the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
There are one or two very good women military historians who use imagination, great study and research; they can put themselves in… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
The typical WW1 soldier was not an intellectual like Ernst Jünger or Wilfred Owen, but was a peasant draftee from Galicia or… — Philip Jenkins Copy Share Image
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The constant education is what keeps me interested. That's what absolutely fascinates me about this job. This week, I'm playing a faerie.… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in… — Fritz Sauckel Copy Share Image
'The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
When two countries are at war, the world is then full of shame, pain, blood and misfortune! Soldier were meant to keep… — Simphiwe Scientist Dumi Copy Share Image
No one told these American soldiers they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told… — Smedley Butler Copy Share Image
If you put on the military uniform, you're a prima facie hero. Generals are the epitome of that. They're the ones who… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
