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A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.
A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.
God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance read more
God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of all conflicts. Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation, which besets all of us in battle, shall not blind me to my duty to my own manhood, to the glory of my calling, and to my responsibility to my fellow soldiers. Grant to our armed forces that disciplined valor and mutual confidence which insures success in war. Let me not mourn for the men who have died fighting, but rather let me be glad that such heroes have lived. If it be my lot to die, let me do so with courage and honor in a manner which will bring the greatest harm to the enemy, and please, oh Lord, protect and guide those I shall leave behind. Give us the victory, Lord.
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you read more
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.
The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the read more
If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.
Stay alert, stay alive.
Stay alert, stay alive.
