“The man who did the shouting at the P.S.U.C. post down on our right was an artist at the job. Sometimes, instead… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The soldiers chuckled. One of them, a grizzled veteran, rose and walked over to where Duncan and his two senior officers were… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
“They say the German soldiers fight blindly, with only such knowledge of their objectives as is absolutely necessary to send them forward.… — Albertus Wright Catlin Copy Share Image
We want the Army to be society's model of fair treatment. We want to assure that all soldiers are treated fairly, not… — Silas L. Copeland Copy Share Image
I wasn't thinking of a sequel when I finished 'Life Class.' What changed my mind was the perception that the characters had… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
“Thomas More syas that the imperial troops, for their enjoyment, are roasting live babies on spits. Oh, he would! says Thomas Cromwell.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“I wanted to leave the whole war behind me, and yet I was seeing something on that battlefield that demanded commemoration. It… — Robert Hicks Copy Share Image
At 19, your brain hasn't finished wiring itself. So the first time you have a good friend die, most people don't go… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
You never can predict things. I knew the movie Peducted would get a reaction, because it's showing a different vision of our… — Brian De Palma Copy Share Image
When I was 5 years old, we had nothing in the village. One day, in front of my house, some soldiers in… — Renzo Rosso Copy Share Image
“People have been fighting and dying over religion for thousands of years. I could understand that fear. It creeps up on you… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
“Looking down over the railing, Prince Nesvitsky could see the splashing low waves of the fast-moving Enns as they rippled and swirled,… — Leo Tolstoy Anthony Briggs Translator Copy Share Image
South Korea first allowed women into the military in 1950 during the Korean War. Back then, female soldiers mainly held administrative and… — Kim Young-ha Copy Share Image
“We walked over to the soldiers and tried to act natural. Well, as natural as we can act after a ride like… — Sophie Wilkinson Copy Share Image
A common and natural result of an undue respect for law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was… — Kris Kristofferson Copy Share Image
The soldiers feel that the Police are not serious with the criminal elements and that they are corrupt. The army had to… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
One interesting thing about jazz, or art in general, but jazz especially is such an individual art form in the sense that… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
“[W]e cease to be soldiers in the army of the upright; we become deserters. They march to battle. We float with the… — Virginia Woolf 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
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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
If they conducted a raid in this room, you'd all be policed up. They'd take all of you to Abu Ghraib and… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
No one else noticed, or cared. It was just something they did. Taking other people’s livestock. Other people’s lives. She watched the… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
One of my uncles was actually a sapper who cleared land mines for Anzacs, Australian soldiers, and we had to flee Vietnam.… — Anh Do Copy Share Image