Paratroopers Quotes

• And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Country, Men, Clouds

  Benjamin Franklin (2014). “The Papers of Benjamin Franklin: Volume 41: September 16, 1783, through February 29, 1784”, p.478, Yale University Press

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• In Italy the Coach is a paratrooper who jumps out of the plane but doesn't know if the parachute will open or not.

  Claudio Ranieri

  Planes, Parachutes, Coaches

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• This impressed me when I was the editor of the Sunday Times [of London] - we had the "Bloody Sunday" killings of 13 unarmed civilians by British paratroopers. We interviewed 500 people for our report, and not one of them could give us a total picture of what was happening. It was like the Rashomon effect multiplied a million times. For a website or even a newspaper to be a collector of information flow is not the highest form of journalism.

  Harold Evans

  Sunday, Editors, Information Flow

  "Harold Evans Sees Bright Future for Print-on-Demand Newspapers". Interview with Mark Glaser, mediashift.org. October 29, 2009.

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• The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.

  Bear Grylls

  Challenges, Want, Made

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• Fear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America's vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of the U.S. Navy in Lebanon, the guns of U.S. paratroopers in Grenada, and the guns of U.S. helicopters in Honduras and El Salvador.

  Alan Cranston

  Gun, America, Hatred

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• If you have to have 25 French paratroopers to guard a single synagogue, it means that life is not healthy in France for Jews

  Jeffrey Goldberg

  Mean, Healthy, France

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