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    If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

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The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.

The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer.

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War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away.

War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away.

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We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much read more

We, the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have now done so much for so long with so little, we are now capable of doing anything with nothing

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Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years read more

Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live. At least awhile... And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance -- just one chance -- to come back here and tell our enemies that they make take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!!

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Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

by Groucho Marx Found in: Military Quotes,
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When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; read more

When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a manuever, the blow with an agreement.

by Leon Trotsky Found in: Military Quotes,
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War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

War is much too serious a matter to be entrusted to the military.

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

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

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We will either find a way, or make one.

We will either find a way, or make one.

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