“Five German soldiers and a police dog on a leash were looking down into the bed of the creek. The soldiers' blue… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Human pigeons there the dancers Gunfighters: metal-romancers This war needs no necromancer Iron shells its spell-commencer Journalists, writers: freelancer Donate words as… — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
Every good soldier wants to live in an organized environment, secure in the knowledge that he or she will not be threatened… — William A. Connelly Copy Share Image
“That's the big mistake a lot of people make when they wonder how soldiers can put their lives on the line day… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“The soldiers were already laying pikes along the wall by torch-light, with the points bristling upwards; they had draped cloaks over the… — Naomi Novik Copy Share Image
Now, I went into the Army as a Republican, I came out as a Democrat, and it completely changed my outlook on… — Markos Moulitsas Copy Share Image
At the core, the American citizen soldiers knew the difference between right and wrong, and they didn't want to live in a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I drew pictures for and about the soldiers because I knew what their life was like and understood their gripes. I wanted… — Bill Mauldin Copy Share Image
“But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for… — Charles Brandt Copy Share Image
“A young man is the perfect soldier. He has great potential for aggression and a limited critical capacity—or none at all—with which… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
“It is not that addresses at the opening of a battle make the soldiers brave. The old veterans scarcely hear them, and… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“The English could bring into this tight area four hundred and forty-eight thousand soldiers, but they could not find space in their… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“Cinderella’s voice trailed out of hearing range as the soldiers trailed after her like a herd of attentive cows. Friedrich adjusted his… — K.M. Shea Copy Share Image
We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A student stands before a tank. A fruit seller sets himself on… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
“I ended my statement to the colored soldiers by saying: "Now, I shall be very sorry to hurt you, and you don't… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We’re soldiers, Emily. If we’re not elders or council members then that’s all we are. We’re here to serve those above us.… — Elaine White Copy Share Image
But the main point is that soldiers, after fighting for some time, are apt to be like burned-out cinders. They have shot… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Why do soldiers fight? They join because they believe in a higher cause -- protecting religion, their nation, defending against a foreign… — Peter R. Mansoor Copy Share Image
“We enter a large village. A few bedraggled garlands hang across the street. So many troops have passed through already that it… — Erich Maria Remarque Copy Share Image
At some point my friends and I began to ask, how can a country that produced hippies and such cool people also… — Nguyen Qui Duc Copy Share Image
I went to The Miller School of Albemarle, just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. As a kid, I really loved the movie 'Toy… — Scott Haze Copy Share Image
“Are you pair mad? You pitch up as if you own the place, and then you offer to relieve me of two… — Anthony Riches Copy Share Image
“Nowadays you have to be a scientist if you want to be a killer. No, no, I was neither. Ladies and gentleman… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
One of the things that I noticed in war was how difficult it was for our soldiers, at first, to realize that… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“When you are a soldier you do not always realize there is anything beyond the will of your commander, the will of… — Hazel B. West Copy Share Image
“Most firefights go by so fast that acts of bravery or cowardice are more or less spontaneous. Soldiers might live the rest… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
“A few days later, from a wall along the river, Martha Gellhorn watched the Soviet troops move on. ‘The army came in… — Geert Mak Copy Share Image
Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is… — Mark Dayton Copy Share Image
Every American soldier wants as much public support as he can possibly have. That's the soldiers on duty in Iraq, and that's… — John Abizaid Copy Share Image
“Richard rubbed his temples. He had a headache from lack of sleep. "Don't you understand? This isn't about conquering lands and taking… — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
“Mr. Norrell did not know a great deal about war, but he suspected that soldiers are not generally your great respecters of… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“We’re strange people, soldiers stuck out in wars. We ain’t saying no laws in Washington. We ain’t walking on yon great lawns.… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
I am still confused as to why they chose to lie and tried to make me a legend when the real heroics… — Jessica Lynch Copy Share Image
“Nowadays, we are all very familiar with the newsreels of the period showing the brave troops frantically waving their hankies from trains… — Arthur Mathews Copy Share Image
Since Franklin Roosevelt's leadership in setting up the United Nations and the Nuremberg trials, the U.S. has promoted universal legal norms and… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
I took a trip in 2004, a year after the war started in Iraq. I played music on the streets of Baghdad… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
There was an insurgency under President Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s. Egyptian police and soldiers fought weekly battles with Islamists in the… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
When we send our young men and women into harm's way, we have a solemn obligation not to fudge the numbers or… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Here, most of the men step to the side of the road, drop their drawers, and go when ever the mood strikes… — Julie Reece Copy Share Image
They fought as they revelled, fast, fiery, and true, And, though victors, they left on the field not a few; And they… — Thomas Davis Copy Share Image
