Troops Quotes - Page 24

• My first mission is to take care of our troops. I take that mission very personally.

  Tim Walz

  Care, Firsts, Missions

  "Command Sgt. Major Tim Walz’s New Mission: Getting Disability Benefits to Wounded Soldiers". Interview with Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 28, 2013.

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• From an early age I was aware of what America meant, and how the Marines at Camp Pendleton were ready to defend us at a moment's notice. I also remember what fabulous bodies those troops had.

  Heather Locklear

  Marine, America, Age

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• We've given Iraq six months and I don't think things are really working out, so we should probably bring our troops home.

  Thomas Friedman

  Home, Thinking, Iraq

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• [President Bush] recently challenged Iraqi soldiers still fighting U.S. troops like so: ... 'My answer is bring 'em on.' For those of you who may be criticizing Bush for acting like a movie cowboy, let me remind you. He's actually acting more like a movie cheerleader.

  Jon Stewart

  Fighting, Cowboy, Soldier

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• The minute Putin went into Crimea, what Obama should have done is sent 50,000 troops to NATO. He didn't have to engage them, just send them. That puts the fear of God into people.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Should Have, People, Done

  "Is the Confederate flag controversy a Democratic problem?". "The Hannity Show", www.foxnews.com. June 25, 2015.

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• The all-volunteer army works. It works particularly when we pay our troops well.

  George W. Bush

  Army, Volunteer, Pay

  George W. Bush at the second Presidential Debate in St. Louis, Missouri, www.cnn.com. October 9, 2004.

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• The orgy of thieving in Iraq has more to do with the character of the people than the absence of restraining troops. And to think that good, decent, law-abiding young British and American men and women laid down their lives to liberate this thieving mob.

  Robert Kilroy-Silk

  Character, Men, Thinking

  The Sunday Express, May 04, 2003.

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• I just don't see why anybody would vote Republican in the Army. If you want to support the troops, if I was a troop, I would say, 'You know how to support me? Don't send me to stupid wars.'

  Bill Maher

  Stupid, War, Army

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• Being a visionary leader is not about giving speeches and inspiring the troops. How I spend my day is pretty much the same as how any executive spends his day. Being a visionary leader is about solving day-to-day problems with my vision in mind.

  Bill O'Brien

  Giving, Leader, Mind

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• Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

  Akhmad Kadyrov

  Military, Chechnya

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• It's fair to say average Americans think that the average Afghan doesn't want American troops in their country.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Country, Thinking, Average

  Source: www.npr.org

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• So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored.

  Paul Begala

  War, Fighting, Important

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• Proscription, martial law, the billeting of the rude troops, the tax collector, the unjust judge, anything at all, is sweeter than responsibility.

  Mary McCarthy

  Responsibility, Law, Judging

  Mary McCarthy (1975). “The company she keeps”, Not Avail

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• I do not love the Sabbath, The soapsuds and the starch, The troops of solemn people Who to Salvation march. I take my book, I take my stick On the Sabbath day, In woody nooks and valleys I hide myself away. To ponder there in quiet God's Universal Plan, Resolved that church and Sabbath Were never made for man.

  Robert Graves

  Book, Men, People

  Robert Graves, Beryl Graves, Dunstan Ward (1999). “Complete poems”, Carcanet Pr

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• The highest levels of the U.S. military, the Defense Department, and the White House must be held accountable for putting our troops at greater risk and diminishing Americas moral authority across the globe.

  Lawrence Korb

  Military, White, House

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• American troops and American taxpayers are shouldering a huge burden with no end in sight because Mr. Bush took us to war on false premises and with no plan to win the peace.

  Al Gore

  War, Winning, Sight

  "How to Debate George Bush" by Al Gore, www.nytimes.com. September 29, 2004.

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• Fools, art is a heavy task, more heavy than gold crowns; it's far more difficult to match firm words than armies, they're disciplined troops, unconquered, to be placed in rhythm, the mind's most mighty foe, and not disperse in air. I'd give, believe me, a whole land for one good song, for I know well that only words, that words alone, like the high mountains, have no fear of age or death.

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Song, Art, Believe

  Nikos Kazantzakis (1958). “the Odyssey a Modern Sequel”

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• The United States armed forces and coalition troops deserve recognition and support for their work to remove Saddam Hussein from power, and ensure the safety and security of the American people, civilians abroad, and the people of Iraq.

  Mark Kennedy

  Iraq, People, Safety

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• My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!

  Stonewall Jackson

  Military, May, Failing

  Stonewall Jackson's statement to Major Heros von Borcke (December 13, 1862) as quoted in Heros von Borcke "Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence" (p. 301), 1865.

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• One whose troops repeatedly congregate in small groups here and there, whispering together, has lost the masses. One who frequently grants rewards is in deep distress. One who frequently imposes punishments is in great difficulty. One who is at first excessively brutal and then fears the masses is the pinnacle of stupidity.

  Sun Tzu

  Punishment, Stupidity, Together

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• Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all the world with them.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Army, Light, World

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• It was reported today that U.S. military bases will not show 'Brokeback Mountain.' However, during interrogations, U.S. troops will continue to show 'Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Military, Brokeback Mountain, Deuces

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• The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the whole history of war. But we can at least crystallize the lessons into two simple maxims- one negative, the other positive. The first is that, in face of the overwhelming evidence of history, no general is justified in launching his troops to a direct attack upon an enemy firmly in position. The second, that instead of seeking to upset the enemy's equilibrium by one's attack, it must be upset before a real attack is, or can be successfully launched

  B. H. Liddell Hart

  Art, Real, War

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• The spirit of Thanksgiving rests in our recognizing the blessings in our lives, and as we all take stock, I hope you will join me in expressing sincerest thanks to our soldiers serving in harm's way in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. May God bless you on this day of thanks, and may God protect our troops.

  Joe Biden

  Blessing, Iraq, Soldier

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• 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

  Military, War, Able

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