Army Quotes - Page 20

• The histories which we have of the great tragedy give no idea of the general wretchedness, the squalid misery, which entered into every individual life in the region given up to the war. Where the armies camped the destruction was absolute.

  Rebecca Harding Davis

  War, Ideas, Giving

  Rebecca Harding Davis (1904). “Rebecca Harding Davis: Writing Cultural Autobiography”, p.76, Vanderbilt University Press

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• Soldiers who had been in the army long enough to know what a bloody swindle war really is would begin to feel that army life was really kind of fun, as long as [General Philip] Sheridan was up front.

  Bruce Catton

  Fun, War, Long

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• There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.

  Hafez

  Running, Chance, Ambush

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• Place your army in deadly peril, and it will survive; plunge it into desperate straits, and it will come off in safety.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Safety, Desperate

  Sun, Tzu (2015). “The Art of War”, p.156, Aegitas

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• The popular masses are like water, and the army is like a fish. How then can it be said that when there is water, a fish will have difficulty in preserving its existence? An army which fails to maintain good discipline gets into opposition with the popular masses, and thus by its own action dries up the water.

  Mao Zedong

  Military, Discipline, Water

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• The main form of struggle is war; the main form of organization is the army... . Without armed struggle there would be no place for the proletariat, there will be no place for the people, there will be no place for the Communist Party, and there will be no victory in revolution.

  Mao Zedong

  War, Party, Struggle

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• So when I told my parents I wanted to go into acting because I was flunking out of my first year of junior college, they were relieved that I had picked something other than joining the army. But I can't imagine how they had high hopes for me.

  Dustin Hoffman

  College, Years, Parent

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• The problem [of specialization] is essentially that of communications to an army in action. After a rapid advance communications become disorganized, and there is a temporary halting until they are again in working order.

  John Desmond Bernal

  Communication, Order, Action

  "The World, the Flesh and the Devil: An Enquiry into the Future of the Three Enemies of the Rational Soul". Book by John Desmond Bernal, 1929.

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• In the beginning, before the arrival of the white men, I had considered myself neutral. I had wanted neither side to win, neither the army nor the rebels. As it turned out, both sides lost.

  V. S. Naipaul

  Winning, Men, White Man

  V. S. Naipaul (2012). “A Bend in the River”, p.52, Pan Macmillan

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• And on nearby islands, the Japanese army was eating raw fish. We felt sorry for them. We didn't know that in America after the war, you wouldn't be able to get into a sushi joint without a reservation. And we thought they lost.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Sorry, War

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• As one of the first editors at 'Outside' magazine in 1975, it was my contention that most American writing going back to James Fennimore Cooper and then through Twain up to Hemingway had been outdoor writing. At that time, adventure writing meant stuff like 'Saga' or 'Argosy.' 'Death Race with the Jungle Leper Army!' That kind of thing.

  Tim Cahill

  Writing, Adventure, Race

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• The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

  Barry Commoner

  Scientist, Command

  Interview With Alan Hall, www.scientificamerican.com. June 23, 1997.

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• It turns out one of my ancestors fought in the Continental Army, so I was inducted into the Sons of the American Revolution.

  Henry Louis Gates

  Son, Revolution, Ancestor

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• There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices.

  Algernon Sidney

  Men, Office, Leader

  Algernon Sidney (1751). “Discourses Concerning Gouernment. By Algernon Sidney, Esq; to which are Added, Memories of His Life, and an Apology for Himself ..”, p.61

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• The British don't runaway from terrorism. We have had 30-odd years of terrorism in our own country from the Irish Republican Army. We're used to it.

  John Major

  Country, Years, Republican

  "Former PM John Major: 'British don't turn tail' from terror". Interview with Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. September 10, 2003.

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• It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: 'Why not try writing a novel?' partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother's family.

  Antony Beevor

  Mother, Jobs, Writing

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• I joined the Army in 1965 and served with the 11th Hussars, which I loved. The regiment was so relaxed - a salute was more like a friendly wave.

  Antony Beevor

  Friendly, Wave, Salute

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• The president said nothing about the views of government in regard to the possibility of Carolinas seceding. This however was frequently spoken of by other statesmen at the North. I think they were unanimous in this, that no army would be sent here.

  John Bachman

  Thinking, Government, Views

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• Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies.

  John R. Allen

  Military, Weakness, Planning

  "Withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan halfway done, top commander says". www.foxnews.com. July 23, 2012.

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• Nothing gives us greater pride than the importance of India's scientific and engineering colleges, or the army of Indian scientists at organizations such as Microsoft and NASA. Our temples are not the god-encrusted shrines of Varanasi, but Western scientific institutions like Caltech and MIT, and magazines like 'Nature' and 'Scientific American.

  Aravind Adiga

  Pride, College, Engineering

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• Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.

  Oleg Deripaska

  Strong, Military, Training

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• Napoleon had been fighting this army of slaves and free people in Haiti and it depleted his forces. And after the Revolution, when the French were driven out, they stopped and sold this big chunk of North America to the Americans for very little money.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Fighting, America, People

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• I went through some real challenges growing up. I joined the Army two weeks out of high school when I was 17, and never looked back.

  Geoff Davis

  Growing Up, Real, School

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• You know, actually, I went to Yale because I wanted to stay out of the army.

  Richard Foreman

  Yale, Wanted, Knows

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• The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war.

  Robert Fisk

  War, Party, Tired

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