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Military Quotes by Chester W. Nimitz
- Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.
- Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.
- We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.
- Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a…
- The U.S.'s major strength factor and weapon is its economy. If you cripple it, you cripple the military.
- The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the…
- The best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for…
- I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.
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- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
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- Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? — Joan Baez
- Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. — Philip James Bailey