Troops Quotes - Page 21

• I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we could generate sorties at an extremely high level and bring very, very effective air power to bear in support of our troops.

  Bill Vaughan

  Thinking, Air, Support

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• The triumph of the Romans was indeed sullied by their treatment of the captive king, whom they hung on a gibbet without the knowledge of their indignant general. This disgraceful act of cruelty which might be imputed to the fury of the troops, was followed by the deliberate murder of Withicab, the son of Vadomair; a German prince, of a weak and sickly constitution, but of a daring and formidable spirit.

  Edward Gibbon

  Kings, Son, History

  Edward Gibbon (1854). “The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire”, p.259

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• We can support our troops without supporting our president.

  Trent Lott

  Support, President, Support Our Troops

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• My job as majority leader is be supportive of our troops, try to have input as decisions are made and to look at those decisions after they're made ... not to march in lock step with everything the president decides to do.

  Trent Lott

  Jobs, Majority Leader, Decision

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• The idea that women are innately gentle is a fantasy, and a historically recent one. Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction, is depicted as wreathed in male human skulls; the cruel entertainments of the Romans drew audiences as female as they were male; Boudicca led her British troops bloodily into battle.

  Naomi Wolf

  Ideas, Skulls, Battle

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• Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!
  Farewell the plumed troops, and the big wars
  That make ambition virtue.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Farewell, Ambition

  'Othello' (1602-4) act 3, sc. 3, l. 346

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• Tactics is the art of using troops in battle;
  strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Art, War, Winning

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• American troops around the globe are the greatest preservers of liberty and peace in the world.

  Dennis Prager

  Liberty, World, Globes

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• (George Bush) betrayed this country! He played on our fears. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place!

  Al Gore

  Country, Adventure, America

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• Nobody's more mindful of the sacrifices of our troops than those of us that command them.

  John Abizaid

  Sacrifice, Command, Our Troops

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• I applaud President Obamas decision to begin a partial withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan. However, I believe that we must go further and have a full withdrawal of all U.S. combat troops.

  Susan Bysiewicz

  Believe, Decision, President

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• I'm sorry, there was an effort on the part of the president to have a status of forces agreement, and I concurred in that, and said that we should have some number of troops that stayed on. That was something I concurred with.

  Mitt Romney

  Sorry, Agreement, Should Have

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• John Kerry made a joke about Bush being a moron, and now Bush wants morons to think it was a joke was about the troops. ... Now, John Kerry has apologized. He said he made a botched joke and admitted that he has a joking problem. He has checked into an improv group and revealed that as a child, he was molested by a clown.

  Bill Maher

  Children, Thinking, Want

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• Senator Kerry does not support our troops. If he had won the election, there wouldn't be any troops left in Iraq. President Bush, on the other hand, has given our troops an opportunity to fight without end. That's creating jobs. In fact, the president's policies helped create 104 more job openings last month. Now who's stupid, Senator?

  Stephen Colbert

  Jobs, Stupid, Fighting

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• I don't agree that you need an enormous number of American troops. Saddam's army is down to one-third than it was before, and I think it would be a cakewalk.

  Kenneth Adelman

  Army, Thinking, Numbers

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• The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary.

  Lajos Kossuth

  Kings, Order, Issues

  Lajos Kossuth (1853). “Select speeches, condensed and abridged by F.W. Newman”, p.16

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• We made this inexplicable turn into Iraq, where we've lost lives, money, honour and the coalition on [George] Bush's watch. Surely he's not suggesting that if the Democrats win, things can get worse. I mean, all we can do now is to look at our field policy and change the course. We need more diplomatic outreach toward Iran, Syria and Middle Eastern allies, and less bluster and less threats, and fewer troops.

  Jesse Jackson

  Mean, Winning, Iraq

  "Reverend Jesse Jackson". "Dateline" with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au.

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• Faster than fairies, faster than witches,
  Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches;
  And charging along like troops in a battle,
  All through the meadows the horses and cattle

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Travel, Horse, Bridges

  Robert Louis Stevenson (2011). “A Child's Garden of Verses (兒童詩園)”, p.330, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the year.

  Barack Obama

  Home, Years, Iraq

  "U.S. Troops To Leave Iraq, But Questions Remain". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 22, 2011.

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• Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) moved from a legitimate to a charismatic role, reversing the course followed by Washington. Yet therewere surface similarities in their careers. Both led military rebellions against English monarchs--Cromwell against Charles I, Washington against George III. Each took local militia--the "train bands" of Cromwell, the colonial levies of Washington--and forged professional armies on a national scale. Each infused a new ethos in his troops--a religious spirit in Cromwell's case, a post-colonial American identity in Washington's.

  Garry Wills

  Religious, Military, Army

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• Here's some news from Afghanistan. We're sending more troops to seal up the borders. Can we try that here? Three months, 12,000 pounds of bombs and billions and billions of dollars and the highest ranking enemy we've captured so far is an American.

  David Letterman

  Enemy, Trying, Borders

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• In Afghanistan, U.S. troops are now holding an American man who has been fighting alongside the Taliban. His mother says he was born in Washington, D.C. and his father's a lawyer. Well, that explains it. ... He surrendered to authorities and said he wants to go back to his old job - airline security guard.

  Jay Leno

  Mother, Jobs, Father

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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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• 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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• 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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