“so many white roses whose names won’t survive either, resistance groups and newspapers now as forgotten as soldiers waiting for the enemy… — Marie-Claire Blais Copy Share Image
We have to have a conversation about whether Obama's plan to increase spending to occupy Afghanistan helps make America a safer country,… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
“How the soldiers had lain, slain and forgotten, no marker for their demise, no songs to their name, not even mourners who… — R.W. Schmidt Copy Share Image
“In the colonial countries, on the contrary, the policeman and the soldier, by their immediate presence and their frequent and direct action… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
The military mind has one aim, and that is to make soldiers react as mechanically as possible. They want the same predictability… — Marlon Brando Copy Share Image
“The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Our military leaders don't seize power in coups; our soldiers and sailors don't go on strike for higher pay or benefits; our… — Kathleen Troia McFarland Copy Share Image
To expect ... the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Among men, it seems, historically at any rate, the processes of coordination and disintegration follow each other with great regularity, and the… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“this act is engraved in my mind deeper than any other experience in my two tours in Vietnam. A huge black enlisted… — Harold G. Moore Copy Share Image
Men in uniform are often described as serious, strict, firm and dangerous , but I would describe him as the sweetest, most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Old soldiers cannot fit in a peaceful world,’ Urusander said. ‘They feel like ghosts and they hunger for the zeal of life,… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
“So Anna did not blame the women of her time for what they had created; it was different only in kind from… — Howard Bahr Copy Share Image
Soldiers join the military to serve their country, but when bullets are flying, it's hard to fight for an abstract notion like… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“Centurion! Would you like to be a cavalryman one last time? There are Venicones who escaped when your line was broken to… — Anthony Riches Copy Share Image
“Well, Arminius, I can’t say you’re the most natural horseman I’ve ever seen.’ Arminius sneered down at the men standing around him,… — Anthony Riches Copy Share Image
“O burn the house! You've murdered the husband, slaughtered the cattle, poisoned the well, raped the mother, killed the child - you… — Edward Bond Copy Share Image
“They are heroes, our soldiers, the men and women who go into harm's way to protect us, our way of life. It… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“The hatred for ex-soldiers on the part of those who had not fought was something I could not understand. They wanted us… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Lieutenant Linh said, “Thank you for this valuable information, it gives us an opportunity to take counter-measures to nullify the American attack!… — Michael G. Kramer Copy Share Image
“And now she was a good distance from the gates and the first soldiers had reached the tunnel, and she saw that… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, while touring East Berlin - back when there was an East Berlin - I got my left… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S.… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
“Our best analyst thinks it's not a tactical design. Something for mall ninjas… Young men who dress to feel they'll be mistaken… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“We have been waiting for an hour when we see a squad of German soldiers line up on the roadbed alongside the… — Lucie Aubrac Copy Share Image
Waitresses, soldiers, rickshaw drivers, old ladies selling vegetables - my father would schmooze anybody. He was Clintonesque before the word existed. And,… — Scott Anderson Copy Share Image
“At the edge of the field Silva and Stefan witnessed heartrending images in greyscale as thousands of desperate refugees streamed down the… — John Payton Foden Copy Share Image
When I visited Syrian special forces along the front lines, I was given extraordinary amounts of detail. They gave me the code… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
“First, our enemies were the natives, then they were the Nazis, then after a while it was the communists. Finally, at the… — Bruce Crown Copy Share Image
“In battle, in a war, a soldier sees only a tiny fragment of what is available to be seen. The soldier is… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I despised myself for my weakness. I may have dreamed all my youth of life as a horse-trader like my father; I… — M.C. Scott Copy Share Image
“They were mostly French, a few Arabs, and despite their uniforms they didn't look very important any more. Later I learned that… — Douglas Woolf Copy Share Image
“Now comes the picture of mass defeat, the most awesome spectacle of the war. It is in the bent bodies of old… — Audie Murphy Copy Share Image
“Admiral Nelson won the great Battle of Trafalgar against the French during the Napoleonic Wars. The Viscount of Camperdown, who also won… — J. Ligon Duncan III Copy Share Image
“WILL WORK FOR FOOD © 2013 Lyrics & Music by Michele Jennae There he was with a cardboard sign, Will Work For… — Michele Jennae Copy Share Image
“It’s like a man in the trenches again: he doesn’t know any more why he should go on living, because if he… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“We soldiers knew next to nothing about what was going on in the centres of power. We received so many orders and… — Louis de Bernières Copy Share Image
“To the eyes of the American soldiers who drove past, I looked no different from the women around me; and as I… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Gradually I became aware of details: a company of French soldiers was marching through the streets of the town. They broke formation,… — Ernst Toller Copy Share Image
“The slow, mismanaged arrival of armored vehicles and bulletproof plates for flak vests was only the most conspicuous demonstration of how the… — George Packer Copy Share Image
