Harold Russell Quotes

• ... the human soul, beaten down, overwhelmed, faced by complete failure and ruin, can still rise up against unbearable odds and triumph.

  Harold Russell

  Odds, Soul, Triumph

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• My life is a series of things that just happen.

  Harold Russell

  Life Is, Series, Happens

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• The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy.

  Harold Russell

  Military, Civilization, Issues

  Letter to President Harry S. Truman, www.imdb.com. April 11, 1951.

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• Yet compared with the serious things of life, fishing is after all rather trivial. The thoughtful angler must frankly confess this.

  Harold Russell

  Thoughtful, Lakes, Sea

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• To tell the truth, fishermen remain always boys as far as their amusement goes.

  Harold Russell

  Boys, Lakes, Sea

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