Quotes about american-soldier
american-soldier arbitrary carried elements jackson odious saw
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.
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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.
american-soldier dare faith
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
american-soldier commander cover front ground hope platoon rifle
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
american-soldier arbitrary armed liable ruled shall unless whose word
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
american-soldier armies case driven federal hazardous ours position strong
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
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In 1865 we emigrated from our homes in Missourri by the overland route to Virginia City, Montana, taking five months to make the journey. Calamity Jane
american-soldier attention care feed hold medical provide thousands
If you hold thousands of prisoners, you have to feed them, clothe them, care for them, provide medical attention - and there were no provisions. Janis Karpinski
american-soldier blacks certain days identify limited
In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who the leaders were.
american-soldier apply attempted deal policies serious
In reality, I don't think that many of the policies we've attempted to apply to deal with it are going to have any serious effect.
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I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol.
american-soldier gave glorious permitted pride remark state
I pride myself upon nothing so much as having never permitted to pass, unrebuked, a slighting remark upon the glorious State that gave me being.
american-soldier people
I have not been able to get any grain yet. It is all in the country, and the people talk instead of working. John Buford
american-soldier ammunition artillery either money prize received
I have never received a Farthing of Prize Money either for Artillery Ammunition or Vessels.
american-soldier face northern time virginia
In a very short time the army of Northern Virginia was face to face with the Army of the Potomac. James Longstreet
american-soldier country courage expect leading somebody
I mean, I really think that I would expect somebody that's leading the country to have some kind of - some kind of courage physically, personally. James Stockdale
american-soldier engaged fearful feat knew soldiers
I knew that if the feat was accomplished it must be at a most fearful sacrifice of as brave and gallant soldiers as ever engaged in battle.
american-soldier impartial information largely party report
The findings in the report have been largely discredited because he was not an impartial party and because so much more information has come out. Janis Karpinski
american-soldier benefits debarred early entirely importance improvement moral race
The importance of the educational and moral improvement of a race heretofore entirely debarred of its benefits was early considered. Nelson A. Miles
american-soldier country equal gettysburg heavy pride remember shall task
A heavy task was before us; we were equal to it, and shall all remember with pride that at Gettysburg we did our country much service. John Buford
american-soldier career close duty fade gave god military sight soldier tried
And like the old soldier in that ballad, I now close my military career and just fade away, an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the sight to see that duty. Douglas MacArthur
american-soldier blame cast disprove eagerness england sameness
The eagerness to cast blame on old England in the one case, and on New England in the other, does not disprove the sameness of the two things.
american-soldier happiest kept tom
Tom kept saying: 'This is the happiest day of my life!' Joe Wright
american-soldier eight gave horses manner pipe presented smoke whom
Each Pawnee presented them with a horse, gave a pipe to smoke to the Osage to whom he had made the present. In this manner were eight horses given. Zebulon Pike
american-soldier known
There was a nuisance in the service known as the army correspondent.
american-soldier brigade home mission operations ready soldiers
There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished. Janis Karpinski
american-soldier knew time
Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run. James Stockdale
american-soldier code complex determine finale pieces positions relative scale stores
Suprisingly, one of the most complex pieces of code is the code to determine where a note is in the staff. Finale stores notes as relative scale positions in the current key. Robert Patterson
american-soldier figure pole reminded standing trying
It just - the whole thing reminded me of a May pole dance. I was standing there trying to figure out how I could get my oar in and never really did. James Stockdale
american-soldier degree facing hard seems supposed
It's hard to be happy when you are facing 120 to 140 degree temperatures and nothing seems to be moving in a direction that you think or they think or you've been told it's supposed to be moving in. Janis Karpinski
american-soldier examples exercising heart people rate
I've got many examples of people who have been exercising for 15 years and who are now 70, and their heart rate is the same as when they were 50. Kenneth H. Cooper
american-soldier currently natural people states united
It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America. John Abizaid