Best 769 quotes in «soldier quotes» category

The colored man has been accustomed all his life to lean on the white man, and if a good officer is placed over him, he will learn readily and make a good soldier.

The Dictator' lands somewhere between wan Mel Brooks and good Adam Sandler, whose 'You Don't Mess With the Zohan,' about an Israeli Special Forces soldier at a hair salon, manages to strike better contrasts with vaguely similar culture differences - it's a nuttier movie, too.

The day the army of Virginia allows a negro regiment to enter their lines as soldiers they will be degraded, ruined, and disgraced.

The entire deaths of Vietnam died in vain. And they're dying in vain right this very second. And you know what's worse than a soldier dying in vain? It's more soldiers dying in vain. That's what's worse.

The dignity of man is vindicated as much by the thinker and poet as by the statesman and soldier.

The extreme self-sacrifice characteristic of group-selected species such as ants and bees can often be found among soldiers.

The first half of Vietnam was fought to win the war, and the second half of Vietnam was soldiers going haywire without a mission, getting further and further towards our friend, Captain Kurtz and our friends at 'Apocalypse Now.'

The glory of a workman, still more of a master workman, that he does his work well, ought to be his most precious possession; like the honor of a soldier, dearer to him than life.

The great actors we had came from the actor-manager theaters. Not only did they create a team, they were the generals working with the soldiers.

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

The Lord gets his best soldiers out of the highlands of affliction.

The man is the first weapon of battle. Let us study the soldier, for it is he who brings reality to it.

The De Bernières were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.

The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.

The German soldier has impressed the world, however the Italian Bersagliere soldier has impressed the German soldier.

The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do with capitalism. This impulse exists and has existed among waiters, physicians, coachmen, artists, prostitutes, dishonest officials, soldiers, nobles, crusaders, gamblers, and beggars.

The landmine cannot tell the difference between a soldier or a civilian - a woman, a child, a grandmother going out to collect firewood to make the family meal... once peace is declared the landmine does not recognize that peace. The landmine is eternally prepared to take victims.

The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.

The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.

The officers do not beat the men; the officers and men receive equal treatment. Soldiers are free to hold meetings and speak out. Trivial formalities have been done away with and the accounts are open for all to inspect.

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

The most common way to identify a soldier is by the disc around his neck. But these were made of compressed cardboard and so they've all but disappeared.

The only thing that makes battle psychologically tolerable is the brotherhood among soldiers. You need each other to get by.

The overall physical demand that Iraq has is pretty amazing. It's 130 degrees, and the soldiers are carrying about 100 pounds of extra gear. It's a pretty rigorous schedule and routine for them.

The only acceptable imperialism is the Imperialism of the Forest! Let the whole world are invaded by the tree-soldiers!

The preservation of freedom, is not the task of soldiers alone. The whole nation has to be strong.

There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.

There are far more statues of soldiers out there than there are of civilians.

There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.

The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally

There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed.

There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

The Renaissance was a time of mercenary soldiers, ours is a time of mercenary labor.

There is one thing more powerful than kings and all the soldiers in the world, and that is a visionary who has the courage to persevere.

There's this talk that we're asking soldiers to make the greatest sacrifice, but the reality is that civilians bear the burden of war more than the combatants. You're much more likely to get accidentally blown up or killed by a death squad than you are to die in a firefight.

The Roman legions were formed in the first instance of citizen soldiers, who yet had been made to submit to a rigid discipline, and to feel that in that submission lay their strength.

There's always a reaction based on fear. People assume if you're criticizing a decision to go to war, then you're saying something against the soldiers-which is not the case

There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders.

These doomsday warriors look no more like soldiers than the soldiers of the Second World War looked like conquistadors. The more expert they become the more they look like lab assistants in small colleges

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.

These mercenaries and hirelings kidnapped civilians in the Al-Faw Peninsula so that they might claim that they captured Iraqi soldiers.

These soldiers deserve a better defense secretary than the one we have.

The sincere hearts and the pious supplications are soldiers which can never be defeated

The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.

These soldiers had done what they had done, and been done unto in return. This was how it went. In the cycle of slaughter, reprisal begat reprisal, forever.

The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.

The soldiers feel that the Police are not serious with the criminal elements and that they are corrupt. The army had to come in and insist that criminals must be punished. It happens in all countries, there is a time when the army assumes the duty of internal security.

The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything.

The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.