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Sat 9 Nov, 2002 08:12 pm
'Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.'
~ Sun-tzu
'Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his.'
~ George S. Patton
'The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.'
~ John Foster Dulles
'This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live.'
~ General Omar Bradly
'To save your world you asked this man to die;
Would this man, could he see you now, ask why?'
~ W. H. Auden, Epitaph for an Unknown Soldier
'Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive. And don't ever apologize for anything.'
~ Harry Truman
'The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust [our own] government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on [them].'
~ James William Fulbright
'To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.'
~ George Washington
"I will fight no more, forever."
Chief Joseph
"This is the only war you're likely to get, so shut up and make the best of it"
My platoon sergeant
timber
Brrrrrr......sounds like your sergeant was a chilly guy, timber!
All platoon sergeants are "chilly guys", Rae ... that's how they get the job. here's a link to the website of a typically loveable old dear of a platoon sergeant:
http://www.rleeermey.com/
Hope the link works
timber
That is one of my favorite quotes, Morganwood. The flight of the Nez Pierce is one of the most incredible stories of the West. Too bad they couldn't have had a happy ending in Canada.
"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."
- Jeannette Rankin
'You can't say that civilization don't advance...for in every war they kill you a new way.'
~ Will Rogers
'They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.'
~ General Creighton Abrams
Whenever there's a big war coming on, you should rope off a big field. And on the big day, you should take all the kings and their cabinets and their generals, put 'em in the center dressed in their underpants and let them fight it out with clubs. The best country wins.
Maxwell Anderson (1888-1959), U.S. dramatist, screenwriter, and Del Andrews. Katczinsky (Louis Wolheim), All Quiet On The Western Front (1930).
Rae, an earlier variation on the Abrams quote is:
"We are surrounded. That simplifies our problem."
Lt. Gen. L. B. "Chesty" Puller (One of America's most decorated warriors, and "The MARINEST Marine that ever was")
Good night, Chesty, wherever you are.
timber
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