Afghanistan Quote by Michael Waltz

Officers in command of colored troops are in constant habit of pressing all able-bodied slaves into the military service of the U.S.

— Lovell Rousseau

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed…

— Tom Lehrer

Throughout my 23 years of service as a Green Beret, I've learned a few different things. The military teaches you perseverance, discipline, and teamwork…

— Michael Waltz

The Army has carried the American... ideal to its logical conclusion... Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and…

— Tom Lehrer

In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you…

— Omar N. Bradley

When you join the military, everyone has their head shaved and is given the same uniform. You are taught to bleed green and the…

— Michael Waltz

My father was a Vietnam vet, and he was Green Beret.

— James Ransone

“The beauty of the infantry is its ability to truly teach tolerance. At the lowest level, when it is simply a matter of survival…

— Adam Fenner

The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him,…

— Ulysses S. Grant

The uniform makes for brotherhood, since when universally adopted it covers up all differences of class and country.

— Robert Baden-Powell

When I went to West Point, I was there with cadets from 50 other states and territories. Cadets from other countries, and you learn…

— Mark Esper

Nationality is respectable only when it is on the defense, when it is waging wars of liberation it is sacred; when those of domination…

— Rabindranath Tagore