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«The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.»
Author: Douglas MacArthur
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General)
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«The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.»
«Old soldiers never die; they just fade away. 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.»
«I suppose, in a way, this has become part of my soul. It is a symbol of my life. Whatever I have done that really matters, I've done wearing it. When the time comes, it will be in this that I journey forth. What greater honor could come to an American, and a soldier?»
«The scholar without good breeding is a nitpicker; the philosopher a cynic; the soldier a brute and everyone else disagreeable.»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
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Diplomat,
Statesman,
Wit)
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«The soldier who retreated 50 paces jeered at the one who retreated 100 paces»
«The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.»
«The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.»
«These are times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country.»
«They said this mystery never shall cease: the priest promotes war, and the soldier peace»