Quotes about american-soldier
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Patterson Beams was probably the most tricky. Even now, every time I change it is worrisome because of the possible unintended consequences. Robert Patterson
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Our loss had been severe. One-half of my left wing had fallen, and a third of my regiment lay just behind us, dead or badly wounded. Joshua Chamberlain
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Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.
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Replying to your long telegram, one point is of vital importance-the difficult Indian problem can not be solved permanently at this end of the line. Nelson A. Miles
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Pickett's lines being nearer, the impact was heaviest upon them. James Longstreet
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I was ordered by the Colony to go to the Island of Bermuda in order to seize on the Gunpowder in the British Magazines.
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I was tortured fifteen times, that's total submission. They did that with shutting off your blood circulation with ropes, giving you claustrophobia and pain at the same time, bending you double. James Stockdale
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I am disgusted and worn out with the system that seems to prevail. John Buford
american-soldier trying
We have been so trying to convince them from the very beginning of our organization, but with no success.
american-soldier dare faith
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection.
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Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood.
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Jackson was not a popular professor. He had rigid notions of discipline, and was uncompromising in his enforcement of the rules of the Institute.
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Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia.
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Because our task is not to outnumber the Methodists but to win the world-a world in which every day there are more lost persons than the day before.
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I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders. James Stockdale
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Unless this is done, we shall be liable to be ruled by an arbitrary and capricious armed tyranny, whose word and will must be law. Henry Knox
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If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there. James Longstreet
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But I am satisfied that the information that we have that this is the work of Zarqawi, is accurate. John Abizaid
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Our forces will not be on the sidelines. John Abizaid
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I think what actually works best is local-level individual targeting of key leadership nodes. John Abizaid
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Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last. John Abizaid
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Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack. Timothy Murphy
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Screen rotation is a combination of software and hardware that allows you to change a monitor between portrait and landscape modes. Robert Patterson
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Let our children be taught love love love.
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I'm the last guy left. That's what happens when you live to 84. Harold Russell
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The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them. Harold Russell
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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier disarmed men returned
You have already disarmed my men without my knowledge, are their arms to be returned or not? Zebulon Pike
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. Zebulon Pike
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Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you. Zebulon Pike
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Rather than improving the wealth of their own nation, the Mexican government encourages its poor to come to the U.S. and send money home. Timothy Murphy
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The best doctors and the best hospitals in America, if they cannot get the patient information they need when they need it, it can lead to morbid consequences: Higher mortality. Timothy Murphy