Soldier Quotes - Page 27

• Zeal is ever the buckler and shield of a true soldier.

  George C. Wallace

  Shields, Zeal

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• Keep unscathed the good name; keep out of peril the honor without which even your battered old soldier who is hobbling into his grave on half-pay and a wooden leg would not change with Achilles.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Names, Honor, Half

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• In Iraq, four American soldiers have been arrested and charged with stealing a million dollars cash. After hearing about it the Fox network announced plans for a new reality show called 'GI Joe Millionaire.'

  Conan O'Brien

  Reality, Iraq, Four

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• The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists.

  Yi Sun-sin

  Inspirational, Fighting, Existence

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• Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of aggression deserve the rapid and decisive response they received.

  John Boehner

  Cities, Rockets, Force

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• A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

  C. J. Cherryh

  Hero, Warrior, Doe

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• No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

  Hillary Clinton

  Courage, War, Fighting

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• I grew up in the military. I've lived that life. I know that our soldiers are out there fighting for our right to vote, and they're out there fighting for other countries' rights to vote... Guys have been dying for it, and we have to go out and exercise it.

  Robert Griffin III

  Country, Military, Exercise

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• Childbirth changed my perception of my wife. She was now the bloodied special forces soldier who had fought and risked everything for our family.

  Mohsin Hamid

  Wife, Perception, Special

  Mohsin Hamid (2015). “Discontent and its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London”, p.38, Penguin

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• During 65 years, I have walked the path of duty and discipline... And today, looking back at that long path of service, my soldier's heart stirs and murmurs from deep within: Thank you. Thank you, my homeland.

  Augusto Pinochet

  Thank You, Heart, Years

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• The male role models I had all seemed to have been in the military. My father served in the army. My uncle was in the Marine Corps. Both of my grandfathers served in WWII. There weren't any career soldiers in my family, but when I was young it seemed like a way of arriving at adulthood.

  Kevin Powers

  Uncles, Father, Military

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• Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

  Tim Robbins

  Art, Thinking, Imagination

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• Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it... You take diplomacy out of war, and the thing would fall flat in a week.

  Will Rogers

  Military, War, Fall

  Paula Love, Will Rogers (1972). “The Will Rogers book”, Texian Pr

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• The queen is head. Long live the queen...me." The platoon of renegade soldiers cheered. Redd kicked The Cat where he lay on the floor, tongue lolling in his mouth, the picture of death. "Get up! You still have seven more lives." The Cat's eyes fluttered open. Find Alyss and kill her." With a wave of her hand, the looking glass was once again whole. The Cate jumped through, in prosuit of the only living Heart besides Redd.

  Frank Beddor

  Queens, Eye, Heart

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• I'm brilliant as well as skilled," he said modestly. "It's a great burden, all of that on top of my angelic good looks. But I try to soldier on as best I can.

  Jim Butcher

  Trying, Looks, Brilliant

  Jim Butcher (2006). “Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files”, p.383, Penguin

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• If wearing this rag will in any way speed the process of gathering my furture soldiers, then I will waer it. But if it doesn't..." Vollrath bowed. "I will subject myself to your temper." You'll have no choice.

  Frank Beddor

  Choices, Way, Rags

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• Honer and self sacrifice. Death does not diminish these qualities in a soldier. We shall remember.

  Eric S. Nylund

  Sacrifice, Self, Quality

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• A leader must be ready to send the soldiers under his command to their deaths

  Eric S. Nylund

  Leader, Command, Ready

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• Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Brave, Brave Soldiers, Never Fear

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• Good Soldiers don't sacrifice the cause for love - Lucas If the cause isn't love then it isn't worth the sacrifice

  Claudia Gray

  Sacrifice, Causes, Ifs

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• Have you guys been playing in toxic waste again?" Fang asked severely, putting his hands on his hips. Nudge giggled. "No." "Been bitten by a radioactive spider?" Fang went on. "Struck by lightning? Drink a super-soldier serum?" "No, no, no," said Iggy. He started reaching for things around the table, and his hand landed on Total. "You're black." "I prefer canine-American." said Total. "When's that pie coming? I'm starving.

  James Patterson

  Hands, Pie, Toxic Waste

  James Patterson (2008). “Maximum Ride: The Final Warning”, p.43, Random House

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• Wouldn't that be funny, if the oil rebels were playing U2 in their jungle camps, and the government soldiers were playing U2 in their trucks. I think everyone was killing everyone else and listening to the same music... That is a good trick about this world, Sarah. No one likes each other, but everyone likes U2.

  Chris Cleave

  Thinking, Government, Oil

  Chris Cleave (2010). “Little Bee: A Novel”, p.134, Simon and Schuster

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• She’s special. We used to unleash her on ancient battlefields just to see soldiers chop their best friends into pieces before falling on their own swords. (Deimos)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Fall, Special, Pieces

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2007). “Upon The Midnight Clear”, p.117, Macmillan

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• While soldiers can stand and fight.I can fight and feed them

  Clara Barton

  Fighting, I Can

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• I'll tell you what I'm fighting for. Not for England, nor her allies, nor any patriotic cause. It's all come down to the hope of being with you.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Veterans Day, Patriotic, Fighting

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Love in the Afternoon”, p.39, Macmillan

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