Famous Quotes & Sayings

John Eisenhower

I was a lieutenant in World War II.

Al Spalding

No human mind may measure the blessings conferred by the game of base ball on the soldiers of the Civil War. It had its earliest evolution when soldiers, North and South, were striving to forget their foes by cultivating, through this grand game, fraternal friendships with comrades in arms.

Dito Montiel

I have friends who have had PTSD, and you can get it from other things than war.

Robert E. Lee

Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.

Richard Perle

Even now, the irony that so non-intellectual a man should choose to engage the Soviet Union on the battlefield of ideas has eluded most commentators and historians.

Richard Paul Evans

. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.

Richard Holbrooke

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

Richard Dawkins

If Bush and Blair are eventually put on trial for war crimes, I shall not be among those pressing for them to be hanged.

Richelle Mead

Yeah? What'd you name all those cats?" Death, Famine, Pestilence, War, and Mr. Whiskers." You named your cats after the riders of the apocal--wait. Mr. Whiskers?" Well, there are only four horsemen.

Warren E. Burger

A far greater factor than abolishing poverty is the deterrent effect of swift and certain consequences: swift arrest, prompt trial, certain penalty and - at some point - finality of judgment.

Zacarias Moussaoui

I now see that it is possible that I can receive a fair trial even with Americans as jurors,

Winston Churchill

How fortunate it was for the world that when these great trials came upon it there was a generation that terror could not conquer and brutal violence could not enslave.

Zig Ziglar

By the mile it's a trial, but by the inch it's a cinch.

Elizabeth Warren

I'm really concerned that too-big-to-fail has become too-big-for-trial.

Lois Lowry

You will fail. Then they will kill you." - Vandara to Kira, following Kira's trial.

John Garamendi

Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial.

Gabrielle Giffords

Mile by mile, it's a trial; yard by yard, it's hard; but inch by inch, it's a cinch.

Mahatma Gandhi

Every moment of my life I realize that God is putting me on my trial.

Michael Pietsch

Joseph Wambaugh is a hero to today's crime writers, and 'Hollywood Station' will school them all: to this day, no one writes about cops' lives with his force and immediacy.

Janet Reno

What we have is an obligation to investigate whether a crime has been committed,

Howard Safir

What we find is that many of the people involved in minor crimes are the same people that are involved in major crimes,

Timothy Lord

Here's a woman who confesses to this horrible crime - what she did to my father, who we love very much.

Voltaire

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes

Kevin Wilcox

I think the elaborateness of the crime itself was quite unique and extensive. It seemed to be a full-time job for these two individuals.

Charles Mathews

There is no crime scene, there are no forensics and we have no witnesses.

Mike Forest

Law enforcement is a glaring example. We have separate booking, separate road patrols. We have two crime labs.

Gary Hutchison

I'd like to think instead that crime was down.