Quotes about american-soldier
american-soldier chief relative
At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier descending obtaining request respects returns
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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I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. Wonder. Uncertainty is the most chilling thing of all. Vernon A. Walters
american-soldier encourages government improving mexican money poor rather send wealth
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
american-soldier believe bottom children deal line resilient sorts strongly
What I do say is, yes, children may be resilient and they have been able to deal with all sorts of difficulties they have faced, but the bottom line is this: I believe very strongly children need a mother and a father in the home. Timothy Murphy
american-soldier imperative quickly reduce
Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there. David Hackworth
american-soldier goof guard knowing letting might wants
Grunts on the line, where the enemy wants them dead, still goof off - even knowing that by letting their guard down they might die. David Hackworth
american-soldier bay care fervor generals good majority taking talk
Our generals talk a good game about taking care of their grunts, and the majority of our Beltway politicians bay with moralistic fervor about how they, too, support the troops. David Hackworth
american-soldier great neither nor schooled strategist
He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man. Norman Schwarzkopf
american-soldier happiest kept tom
Tom kept saying: 'This is the happiest day of my life!' Joe Wright
american-soldier begin chance date sort takes whoever
We need to go to the niceties of approaching the U. N. and let them have a chance to take it over, but we should set some sort of date and begin to move out and leave it to whoever takes over.
american-soldier arab notion property
The whole notion of land property rights in the Arab world is different from that in Europe.
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It was not in our interest to enter Iraq in the first place.
american-soldier certainly held people responsibility spot strikes
While people out there on the spot certainly have to be held accountable for what they've done personally, the chain of command responsibility for this strikes me as just as important and should be dealt with.
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I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation.
american-soldier iraqis leave majority polls recent
Second, recent polls over there show that the majority of Iraqis want us to leave precipitously.
american-soldier bottom command general military russian strikes system trust
To say that you now trust the Russian military command and control system because some Russian general told you from the bottom of his heart that's the case, strikes me as most unrealistic.
american-soldier arab bin destroy hussein interest invasion iranians saddam secular
It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980.
american-soldier chinese indians israelis recently seen
We've already seen proliferation. We started it with Britain, then France. Then we benignly let the Israelis do it. The Pakistanis and the Indians have recently done it. The Chinese have nuclear weapons.
american-soldier amount arabs federal iraq months six system
So the idea that you could put Kurds, Shiite Arabs, and Sunni Arabs in a nice, liberal, federal system in Iraq in a short amount of time, six months or a year, boggles the mind.
american-soldier bite
When eating an elephant take one bite at a time. Creighton Abrams
american-soldier people
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening. Creighton Abrams
american-soldier country people
I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well. Oliver North
american-soldier began liberating music portrait
When I first began working on music in portrait orientation, it was one of the most liberating experiences I've ever had in Finale. Robert Patterson
american-soldier constitution federal good local mind prevent
The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect. Henry Knox
american-soldier arrived cannot forced line point private productive time
We have arrived at that point of time in which we are forced to see our own humiliation, as a nation, and that a progression in this line cannot be a productive of happiness, private or public. Henry Knox
american-soldier man
A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier ensemble polished society
The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier chief course horses north taken
The Pawnee chief had left the village the day after the doctor arrived, with 50 or 60 horses and many people, and had taken his course to the north of our route. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier beaten returned spanish troops
The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier english immediate suffer time
Give immediate instruction to all your posts in said territory, under your direction, at no time and on no pretence to hoist, or suffer be hoisted, the English flag. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier appearance calculated cavalry force great impression infantry large lately means minds spanish
There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove. Zebulon Pike