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Our young Marines of today are courageous, willing to make sacrifices, and are marvelous team players. I am confident our Corps, and indeed our Nation,… — Unknown Author
If they turn on their radars we're going to blow up their goddamn SAMs. They know we own their country. We own their airspace ...… — William R. Looney III
The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight. — A J P Taylor
A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is… — Benjamin Franklin
The responsibility of the great states is to serve, and not to dominate, the world. — Harry S. Truman
The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda… — Michael Parenti
...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology. — Murray Rothbard
The great error of nearly all studies of war... has been to consider war as an episode in foreign policies, when it is an act… — Simone Weil
When the truly great people discover that they have been deceived by the signposts along the road of life, they just shift gears and keep… — Nido R Qubein
All our officers and fighters must always bear in mind that we are the great People's Liberation Army, we are the troops led by the… — Mao Zedong
If you have a great ambition, take as big a step as possible in the direction of fulfilling it. The step may only be a… — Mildred H. McAfee
We grow small trying to be great. — E. Stanley Jones
We have always wanted Google to be a company that is deserving of great love. But we recognize this is an ambitious goal because most… — Larry Page
The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic air, a much… — Louis Kronenberger
Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend. What all great gardens have in common are their ability to pull the sensitive viewer out… — Ken Wilber
The great challenge for the garden designer is not to make the garden look natural, but to make the garden so that the people in… — Lawrence Halprin
Today I walked on the lion-coloured hills with only cypresses for company, until the sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper set the clouds… — Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth
All through the deep blue night The fountain sang alone; It sang to the drowsy heart of the satyr carved in stone. The fountain sang… — Sara Teasdale
We had a sunset of a very fine sort. The vast plain of the sea was marked off in bands of sharply-contrasted colors: great stretches… — Mark Twain
Last night, there came a frost, which has done great damage to my garden.... It is sad that Nature will play such tricks on us… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Perhaps you have noticed that even in the very lightest breeze you can hear the voice of the cottonwood tree; this we understand is its… — Black Elk
Our Children no longer learn how to read the great book of Nature from their own direct experience, or how to interact creatively with the… — Wendell Berry
Scoring goals is a great feeling, but the most important thing to me is that the team is successful - it doesn't matter who scores… — Cristiano Ronaldo
For me Sir Alex was my father in football. He was crucial in my career and, outside football, was a great human being with me.… — Cristiano Ronaldo
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity. — Tim Ferriss

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