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The strongest army in the world [the French] facing no more than twenty-six [German] divisions, sitting still and sheltering behind steel and…
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Discipline is no longer literal obedience but intelligent obedience, for discipline aims at obedience coupled with activity of will. Once discipline weakens…
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The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power…
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Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
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To me our bombing policy appears to be suicidal. Not because it does not do vast damage to our enemy, it does;…
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As the aeroplane is the most mobile weapon we possess, it is destined to become the dominant offensive arm of the future.
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In the World War [WW1] nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and…
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It is absolutely true in war, were other things equal, that numbers, whether men, shells, bombs, etc., would be supreme. Yet it…
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National armies fight nations, royal armies fight their like, the first obey a mob, always demented and the second a king, generally…
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What thrust us into war were not Hitler's political teachings: the cause, this time, was his successful attempt to establish a new…
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Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.
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Jackson possessed the brutality essential in war; Lee did not. He could clasp the hand of a wounded enemy, whilst Jackson ground…
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Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.
— David Bowie
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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.
— Martin Buber
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you…
— Eric Clapton
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I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The frustrations have been festering for 12 years because federal policy has forced immigration into this area with no programs to accommodate…
— Unknown Author
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The thrust of ambition is, and always has been, great, but among the bright-eyed it had once a more adventurous and individualistic…
— Louis Kronenberger
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When we feel a strong desire to thrust our advice upon others, it is usually because we suspect their weakness; but we…
— Charles Caleb Colton
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My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a few unintelligible…
— Dennis Miller
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Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power…
— Bertrand Russell
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It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust into motion by the idea of what…
— Todd Solondz
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Away, you cut-purse rascal! you filthy bung, away! By this wine, I'll thrust my knife in your mouldy chaps, an you play…
— William Shakespeare
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Thurst [thrust] out nature with a croche [crook], yet woll she styll runne back agayne.
— Unknown Author
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