Category: army general
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I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.
Julius Caesar
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A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none.
Robert E. Lee
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We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
Robert E. Lee
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There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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In war there is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthur
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I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
Robert E. Lee
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I’d like to think I’m a caring human being.
Norman Schwarzkopf
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Try and leave this world a little better than you found it, and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate, you have not wasted your time but have done your best.
Robert Baden-Powell
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We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.
Robert E. Lee
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The voice of the people is the voice of humbug.
William Tecumseh Sherman