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Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood. Daniel H. Hill
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Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia.
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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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I was commanding officer of a supersonic fighter squadron, FA Crusaders. James Stockdale
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I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again. Oliver North
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Unless this is done, we shall be liable to be ruled by an arbitrary and capricious armed tyranny, whose word and will must be law. Henry Knox
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Patterson Beams was probably the most tricky. Even now, every time I change it is worrisome because of the possible unintended consequences. Robert Patterson
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Our loss had been severe. One-half of my left wing had fallen, and a third of my regiment lay just behind us, dead or badly wounded. Joshua Chamberlain
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In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back. James Longstreet