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Source: Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist

“At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.”

House Given Causes Watches Democracy Exercise Republican Soldier Iraq Establishment Representatives Frustrating Disgrace American Soldier House Of Representatives

Author:Earl Blumenauer

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”

“Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.”

Source: The Happy Prince

“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!”

“When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems.”

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Author:Stephen Ambrose

“Behind every American soldier, dozens of their countrymen tonight sleep soundly — and hundreds more in their shadow abroad will wake up alive and safe.”

Sleep Behinds Alive Safe Shadow Wake Up Soldier Tonight Dozen Countrymen American Soldier

Author:Victor Davis Hanson

“At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.”

Constitution Soldier Defenders Tombstone American Soldier

Author:Jefferson Davis

“Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

“The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.”

“We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes.”

Dies Hero Army Soldier Surrender Fanatics American Soldier

Author:Robert M. Hutchins

“American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on T.V., they don't fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag...they fight for one another.”

“The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.”

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Author:William Westmoreland

“The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical. And that is what the perception is by the American Left who hates Christendom... What I'm talking about is onward American soldiers. What we're talking about are core American values.”

Ideas Values Hate Fighting Left Talking Perception Historical Islam Soldier Core Aggression Controversial Crusades Christendom American Values American Soldier

Author:Rick Santorum

“When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!”

“No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.”

“That was not the biggest battle that ever was, but for me it always typified one thing; the dash, the ingenuity, the readiness at the first opportunity that characterizes the American soldier.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1955

“For decades, our dependence on OPEC oil has dictated our national security decisions and tied us up in the Middle East at an incredible price. We've spent more than $5 trillion and thousands of American soldiers have died securing Middle East oil.”

Energy Decision Middle Security Died Incredibles Soldier Oil East Decades Middle East Tied Dependence National Security American Soldier Opec

Author:T. Boone Pickens

“The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim fathers and Americans were talking about things being crap in the 17th and 18th centuries. What Sir Thomas Crapper – complete coincidence – does is not invent the flushing toilet, as many, many people believe, but was a great promoter for it. He ran a business marketing other people's products and that's why his name was on them. When the American soldiers came over in the First World War, they all thought it was hilarious that it said 'crapper' on them.”

“American soldiers [are] going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the ñ of ñ the historical customs, religious customs.”

Knows Children Home Kids Night Religious Historical Soldier Customs American Soldier

Author:John F. Kerry

“It doesn t require any particular bravery to stand on the floor of the Senate and urge our boys in Vietnam to fight harder and if this war mushrooms into a major conflict and a hundred thousand young Americans are killed it won t be U.S. Senators who die. It will be American soldiers who are too young to qualify for the Senate.”

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Author:George McGovern

“If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq.”

Ifs Years Littles War Today Past Dies Three Stronger Soldier Iraq Civil War Afghanistan Typical Taliban American Soldier

Author:Alcee Hastings

“The Dead and Those About to Die is a gripping, first-hand account of the desperate battle for Omaha Beach on D-Day by the legendary 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One. On the 70th anniversary of that momentous event, John C. McManus’s tale of courage under fire is a vivid reminder that freedom isn’t free and that when the chips are down stalwart American soldiers will always answer the call of duty.”

“American soldiers had to guard prisoners on the inside while receiving mortar and weapons fire from the outside. Guantanamo is distant from any battlefield, making it far more secure.”

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Author:John Yoo

“**** the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!”

“This is so like the way the Americans deliberately erroneously refer to Afghans and Iraqis as terrorists when they fight back killing American soldiers to protect their young from the illegal American invasion.”

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Author:Bob Barker

“Get the hell out of my way!”

Source: Ayn Rand Novel Collection

“There's something about an American soldier you can't explain. They're so grateful for anything, even a film actress coming to see them.”

Film Grateful Soldier Actresses So Grateful American Soldier

Author:Marlene Dietrich

“At some point my friends and I began to ask, how can a country that produced hippies and such cool people also fight a war and kill people and act cruelly? You would see American GMC trucks go by and soldiers reaching down to whack a girl riding a bicycle. They would yank at her hat and she would get thrown and she would die. You would see Americans do this and feel like they can do anything in our country. But then you'd take an English class with an American soldier from Ohio who seemed just as nice as anyone, yet he was a soldier too.”

“Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Then fire low!”

“No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.”

Should Government Feet Criticism Soldier Soil Iranian American Soldier

Author:Shirin Ebadi

“What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.”

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958

“No one told these American soldiers they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told them that the ships on which they were going to cross might be torpedoed by submarines built with US patents.”

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Book:War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading

Source: War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading

“It is unacceptable to risk the lives of American soldiers and sailors merely to accommodate the sexual lifestyles of certain individuals.”

Certain Individual Risk Soldier Lifestyle Sailor Accommodate American Soldier

Author:Larry Craig

“And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the men of America gave that greatest of all gifts, the gift of life and the gift of spirit.”

Men Hands America Spirit Found He Man Fit Soldier Devotion Joining Comrade American Soldier Gifts Of Life Joining Hands

Author:Woodrow Wilson

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