Combat Quotes

• Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

  George F. Kennan

  Hero, Marine, Endurance

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• The only thing that can combat fear is action. And there's two actions. There's fight and flight.

  Earl Sweatshirt

  Fighting, Two, Action

  "Mike Tyson Interview". Citizens Of Peace Magazine Interview, mag.citizensofhumanity.com. December 14, 2015.

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• Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  Self Esteem, Enemy, Literature

  Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1993). “Don Quixote”, p.407, Wordsworth Editions

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• True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Life, Sports, Hero

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• Only the dead have seen the end of war.

  Plato

  Death, Memorial Day, Plato

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• The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

  Pierre de Coubertin

  Things In Life, Victory, Important

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• I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, War, Hate

  Speech in Ottawa on January 10, 1946. "Eisenhower Speaks: Dwight D. Eisenhower in His Messages and Speeches". Book edited by Rudolph L. Treuenfels, 1948.

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• Only the dead have seen the end of the war.

  George Santayana

  Military, War, Philosophical

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  The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

  George S. Patton

  Country, Military, War

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I do not believe in using women in combat, because females are too fierce.

  Margaret Mead

  Funny, Hilarious, Peace

  "Quote Unquote". Book by Lloyd Cory, 1977.

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• In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

  Bruce Lee

  Technique, Spontaneity, Performances

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• Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.

  Clint Smith

  Military, Gun, Fire

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• A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

  John Stuart Mill

  Freedom, War, Military

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• The legions of reporters who cover politics don't want to quit the clash and thunder of electoral combat for the dry duty of analyzing the federal budget. As a consequence, we have created the perpetual presidential campaign.

  Hugh Sidey

  Presidential, Campaigns, Dry

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• Much of the demand for women in combat comes from female officers who are eager for medals and promotions.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Female, Demand, Promotion

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• Forcing women in or near land combat will hurt recruiting, not help.

  Phyllis Schlafly

  Hurt, Land, Helping

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• We have increasingly fewer and fewer journalists who have any military experience and understand what life is like in the military and in combat.

  Jim Lehrer

  Military, Life Is Like, Literature

  "Jim Lehrer on Billy Bob, Reports of Rain and Stenography As Journalism". Interview with Liz Cox Barrett, www.cjr.org. June 2, 2006.

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  People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

  Richard Grenier

  Strength, Wisdom, Veterans Day

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• Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.

  David M. Shoup

  Military, Marine, Winning

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• It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.

  Andre Gide

  Leadership, Patience, Peace

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• Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  War, Dignity, Virtue

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• I think women are too valuable to be in combat.

  Caspar Weinberger

  Women, Thinking, Valuable

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• If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally.

  Gijs de Vries

  Information, Share, Indispensable

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• We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Veterans Day, Witty, Military

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• We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

  Henry Adams

  Order, Sloth, Laziness

  'The Education of Henry Adams' (1907) ch. 29

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