Avoiding Quote by John Eisenhower Download Open image “Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.” — John Eisenhower ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Avoiding Combat Duty Professional Sin Soldier War
A soldier's first duty is to obey, otherwise you might as well do away with soldiering. — Albert Kesselring Copy Share Image
Every soldier thinks something of the moral aspects of what he is doing. But all war is immoral and if you let that bother… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
War for the sake of war is sin, but war for the sake of defense is duty. — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Refusing further service as a Roman soldier: I am a soldier of Christ: combat is not permitted to me. — Martin of Tours Copy Share Image
...but for a soldier his duty is plain. He is to obey the orders of all those placed over him and whip the enemy… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“You can always tell duty. It's what you don't want to do--it's what you fight against inside you. Duty's when you realize how it'll… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
“The worst excuse a soldier can make for declining service is that he once ranked the commander he is ordered to report to.” — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Unlike the Afghans and Iraqis, the South Korean people solidly supported the American military presence, which was part of a United Nations operation. — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
My dad being an Army officer, I was just born to it. I was raised in a military manner, and it was a given… — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Almost everything else I have done during my adult years has been affected to some extent by my name - by my father's position,… — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
As son of a Republican president, Dwight D. Eisenhower, it is automatically expected by many that I am a Republican. For 50 years, through… — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
My dad had the greatest admiration for MacArthur when they were working together in Washington before the Philippines. And Dad used to talk with… — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1952, when I was 30, the Army assigned me to an infantry unit fighting in Korea. Meanwhile, though, there was… — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The British soldiers serving in Afghanistan alongside Prince Harry were in exceptional danger until he was withdrawn. — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
You know, my dad was a lieutenant colonel at Ft. Lewis on the 3rd of March, 1941. Fifteen months later, he was commanding a… — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the children of presidents or vice-presidents should be assigned to combat zones. They have no place there. — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
When France fell in 1940, De Gaulle was a temporary brigadier general. — John Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've always been a very restless person. I work hard, spend too much time looking after my son, I dance like a mad thing,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I can hardly believe what these 12 caricatures [about Prophet Muhammad] have caused in the world. We Danes feel like we have been placed… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen Copy Share Image
I know a bit about taxation and the remarkable effort that goes in to avoiding it. — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
When you are in hard labor, remember that the length of labor is usually proportional to the number of people around. Avoid the presence… — Michel Odent Copy Share Image
I don't believe in happy endings. Children have got to face death sooner or later. Granny and Grandpa die, dogs die, cats die, gerbils… — Raymond Briggs Copy Share Image
Resisting and avoiding pain sucks energy-and time. The more you let yourself feel those minute-and-a-half hells, the quicker you'll start feeling those minute-and-a-half happinesses. — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
You know what takes effort? Being kind, being patient, being respectful, telling someone how you feel politely instead of just avoiding them for six… — Jake Tapper Copy Share Image
It's all about being flexible, and avoiding choices whenever possible. Choices suck, they are inherently limiting. — Craig Armstrong Copy Share Image
In my personal life I'm very conservative. I've been married to the same person for nearly 50 years, I'm scrupulous about paying bills, avoiding… — Christopher Walken Copy Share Image
