#soldier

Soldiers are dreamers; when the guns begin they think of firelit homes, clean beds, and wives. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#begin #clean #dreamers #guns #homes

I believe that the purpose for which I and my fellow soldiers entered upon this war should have been so clearly stated as to have made it impossible to change them, and that, had this been done, the objects which actuated us would now be attainable by negotiation. ↗

— Siegfried Sassoon

#been #believe #change #clearly #done

Americans, particularly after World War II, tended to romanticize war because in World War II our cause was the cause of humanity, and our soldiers brought home glory and victory, and thank God that they did. But it led us to romanticize it to some extent. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#because #brought #cause #did #extent

Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay. ↗

— Doc Hastings

#civil #civil war #claimed #day #did

In 1917 - as we have seen, - Italy suffered a great reverse, losing 200,000 soldiers and immense supplies. ↗

— Kelly Miller

#immense #italy #losing #reverse #seen

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. ↗

— Thomas Paine

#cannot #penetrate #principles #soldiers #where

During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in action and met the brave soldiers whose lives they saved. ↗

— Melissa Bean

#air #air force #base #brave #brave soldiers

When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will. ↗

— Frederic Bastiat

#cross #goods #soldiers #will

It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death. ↗

— Christopher Shays

#death #firsthand #had #hard #helpful

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#bandits #day #each #foresee #himself