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“I don't really remember making a decision. I don't remember thinking to myself, "Yes, I will do this," or, "No, I will not do that." They tell you what to do, and you do it. You don't reflect on it...”
“A big man stood looking out the window at the night. He had a close-cropped haircut, obviously military, and wore a camouflage uniform. Pink scalp showed through his light colored hair and his thic...”
“Maxim 20: If youre not willing to shell your own position, youre not willing to win.-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries”
“If all were prepared for is unconventional warfare, suddenly a massed conventional attack becomes an asymmetric advantage.”
“We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.”
“From this day to the ending of the world,But we in it shall be remembered-We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;For he to-day that sheds his blood with meShall be my brother; be he neer so vile...”
“Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die”
“Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.”
“The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to take the citadel. This is essentially the basis of all militar...”
“It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it.”
“I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down i will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of streng...”
“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I se...”
“This "sir, yes sir" business, which would probably sound like horseshit to any civilian in his right mind, makes sense to Shaftoe and to the officers in a deep and important way. Like a lot of othe...”
“I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any treat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.”
“It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you”
“There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.”
“Soon I was weeping---for the reservists who put their entire lives on hold when called to duty, for the military mothers who had to keep their families together all alone, for the parents, spouses,...”
“Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.”
“O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll.”
“The army is the only order of men sufficiently united to concur in the same sentiments, and powerful enough to impose them on the rest of their fellow-citizens; but the temper of soldiers, habituat...”
