Army Quotes - Page 11

• Children play soldier. That makes sense. But why do soldiers play children?

  Karl Kraus

  Children, Play, Soldier

  Karl Kraus, Jonathan McVity (2001). “Dicta and Contradicta”, p.50, University of Illinois Press

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• The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

  Robert H. Schuller

  Inspirational, Life, Truth

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• The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's.

  Harry S. Truman

  Marine, Long, History

  Harry S. Truman (1995). “The Wit & Wisdom of Harry Truman: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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• I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode.

  John Leeson

  Dad, Lucky, Enough

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• The secularists in Turkey haven't underestimated religion, they just made the mistake of believing they could control it with the power of the army alone.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Mistake, Believe, Turkeys

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• It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army.

  Lloyd Alexander

  War, World, Decided

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• I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Rivers, Details, Bail

  Abraham Lincoln, Francis Bicknell Carpenter (1908). “The works of Abraham Lincoln ...”

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• An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than that person's who is at the head of troops which are regardless of order and discipline.

  George Washington

  Moving, Order, Discipline

  George Washington (1795). “Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress,: Written, During the War Between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency, George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, Now President of the United States”, p.272

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• Ataturk sent several Turkish staff officers to Afghanistan, helped them build their own army.

  Bulent Ecevit

  Ataturk, Staff, Turkish

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• Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they be like Marines.

  John J. Pershing

  Military, Marine, Men

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• Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.

  Henri Barbusse

  Suicide, War, Fighting

  "Under Fire". Book by Henri Barbusse, 1916.

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• How long was I in the army? Five foot eleven.

  Spike Milligan

  Funny, Witty, Humorous

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• When armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will always win.

  Laozi

  Sorry, Apology, Winning

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• I had a big troupe, a big army and it was a lot of fun. And, after 10 years of that, I just decided that I wanted to travel and do special dates. I go to Las Vegas these days.

  Bobby Vinton

  Travel, Fun, Years

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• General Washington had rather incautiously encamped the bulk of his army on Long Island - a large and plentiful district about two miles from the city of New York

  Mercy Otis Warren

  New York, Islands, Cities

  Mercy Otis Warren (1805). “History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes”, p.316

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• Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

  Brian Lumley

  Writing, Hobbies

  "Life Under the Necroscope: An Interview with Brian Lumley". Amazon Interview, www.brianlumley.com.

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• I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared.

  Patrick MacGill

  Military, War, Years

  Patrick MacGill (2008). “The Amateur Army”, Forbes Press

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• In my proper character, an officer of the United States army.

  Zebulon Pike

  Character, United States, Officers

  "The Boy's Story of Zebulon M. Pike".

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• A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

  Jalal Talabani

  Courage, Military, Sacrifice

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• Since I'm allergic to various things, the army wouldn't accept me during the war, and I got into the Office of War Information, which sent music to Europe.

  Elliott Carter

  War, Europe, Office

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• According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.

  Zbigniew Brzezinski

  Sea, Mujahideen, Aids

  "The CIA's Intervention in Afghanistan". "Le Nouvel Observateur" Interview, www.globalresearch.ca. 15-21 January 1998.

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• I went to school on a military base in Germany. I got a lot of my clothes at the army surplus store.

  Debby Ryan

  Military, School, Clothes

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• Many a person who started out to conquer the world in shining army has ended up just getting along. The horse got tired, the army rusty. The goal was removed and unsure.

  Robert A. Cook

  Horse, Tired, Conquer The World

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• It's not getting any better, is it? I don't want my 19-year-old boy going into the army. I love these little kids. They understand how passionate I am.

  Burt Bacharach

  Kids, Boys, Years

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• The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air-ground team.

  Keith B. McCutcheon

  Integrity, Military, Team

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