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Quotes
about War Words to Live By "War is hell." "The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war." "Americans never quit." "There is no victory at bargain basement prices." "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." "Always do everything you ask of those you command." "Pessimism never won any battle." "Life is a lively process of becoming." "Only Americans can hurt America." "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder." "In war there is no substitute for victory." "When firearms go, all goes. We need them every hour." "Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg." "You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to
the top yourself." "Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected." "You are remembered for the rules you break." "Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free." "When placed in command / take charge." "A good plan today is better than a perfect
plan tomorrow." "We are going to have peace even if we have to fight for it." "It is fatal to enter any war without
the will to win it." “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise
you with their ingenuity.” "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving
peace." "I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live
or die for it," "War is at best barbarism. Its glory is all moonshine... War is
hell." My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the
earth." "War is too serious a matter to leave to soldiers." "A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master." "The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts." "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace
and harmony with all." "What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight
- it's the size of the fight in the dog." "Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is
the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory." "War is the remedy our enemies have chosen, and I say give them
all they want." "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or
the timid." "Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble." "The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself." "Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But
if you must be without one, be without the strategy." “A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while
on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.” "It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man
of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it." "You learn far more from negative leadership than from positive leadership.
Because you learn how not to do it. And, therefore, you learn how to do
it." "Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable;
procures success to the weak, and esteem to all." "The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do.
The hard part is doing it." "I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what
I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest
man." "They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards." "The spirit of man is more important than mere physical strength,
and the spiritual fiber of a nation than its wealth." “I stand here tonight as a proud American—proud of the fact that subsequent
to 2001, this country, you and I, said and have maintained in the political
process that we would do whatever is necessary to buy the next 200 years
of freedom and liberty for our grandchildren and for their grandchildren
and for generations yet unborn." "The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the
other bastard die for his." "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier." "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." "If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but
I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast." "I have never advocated war except as a means of peace." "No man is enitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant
in its preservation." "Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history
to wait for the train of the future to run over him." "Always do everything you ask of those you command." "We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction." "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation,
hard work, and learning from failure." "Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack
and attack and attack some more." "There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity." "The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting
above average effort." "All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life
to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." "My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow
them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us." "Now, some argue that we should treat this war as a law enforcement
issue. And some say we should fight a less aggressive war, that we should
retreat into a defensive posture and hope that the terrorists don't attack
us again. Well, my wife Cathy and I are simply not willing to bet the
future of our grandchildren on the good will of murderers." "If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed,
given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom." "War is cruelty. There's no use trying to reform it, the crueler
it is the sooner it will be over." "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be
well tried before you give them your confidence." "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses
both." "Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation
and disaster." "Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men
who disgrace labor." "We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction."
"Do what is right, not what you think the high headquarters wants
or what you think will make you look good." "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your
own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company." "The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on,
is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases
its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny." "I hate newspapermen. They come into camp and pick up their camp
rumors and print them as facts. I regard them as spies, which, in truth,
they are." "Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand
the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." "It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning." "Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when
he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who
will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in
victory." "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to
tell more than he knows." "If forced to choose between the penitentiary and the White House
for four years, I would say the penitentiary, thank you." "The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing
is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests
and despises it." "Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate
what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your
rallying point to build courage when courage seems to fail, to regain
faith when there seems to be little cause for faith, to create hope when
hope becomes forlorn." "I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public
school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just
stuck with it." "My parents found here a compassionate land, with a compassionate people.
They found a government that protected their labor, educated their children
and provided help to those of their fellow citizens who were needy. They
found their dream in America and they passed that dream on to their children.
"I learned a long time ago that hope, while so terribly important,
is not a strategy. In the years ahead, America will be called upon to
demonstrate character, consistency, courage and leadership." "Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing
you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have
either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care.
Either case is a failure of leadership." "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you
want done because he wants to do it." "I come before you this evening as a retired soldier.- a fellow citizen
who has lived the American Dream to its full, as one who believes in that
dream and as one who wants that dream to come to a reality for every American.
My parents came to this country as immigrants over 70 years ago. They
came here as did millions of others with nothing but hope and a willingness
to work hard and a desire to seize the opportunities given to them by
their new land. As far as Saddam Hussein being a great military strategist, he is neither
a strategist, nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a
tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. Other than that,
he's a great military man. I want you to know that. I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body
but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference
as I don't solicit their opinions or votes. "In Afghanistan and Iraq, terrorism and tyranny are being replaced
by freedom, hope, opportunity. I for one am proud that my country, the
United States of America, has given 50 million people a chance."
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