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“This is advertising that is designed not to look or feel like advertising at all. The one thing we felt we got parents to agree with was that if their children ask them questions about enlisting, they had an obligation to, one, engage, and then two, be informed.”

Ifs Feels Looks Children Two Asks Felt Parent One Thing Agree Obligation Advertising Enlisting

Author:Edward Boches

“No one talks more passionately about his rights than he who in the depths of his soul doubts whether he has any. By enlisting passion on his side he wants to stifle his reason and its doubts: thus he will acquire a good conscience and with it success among his fellow men.”

Men Want Soul Reason Passion Sides Doubt Rights Conscience Fellows Depth Acquire Fellow Man Enlisting

Book:Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

Source: Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

“When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of enlisting impressionable youths in their cause.”

Feels School Causes Support Youth Adults Unusual Dictator Textbooks Slipping Impressionable Enlisting

Author:Samantha Power

“Every man or woman who turns to Christ must bear in mind that they are breaking with their old master, and enlisting under a new leader. Conversion is a revolutionary process.”

Men Mind Turns Process Christ Leader Masters Bears Every Man Conversion Revolutionary Enlisting

Author:Theodore L. Cuyler

“We are raising a generation of young Americans who are, to a very large degree, historically illiterate. It's not their faults. There's no problem about enlisting their interest in history. None. The problem is the teachers so often have no history in their background.”

Problem Young Interest Teacher Generations Degrees Faults Backgrounds No Problem Illiterate Enlisting

Author:David McCullough

“...revolutions are not won by enlisting the masses. Revolution is a science for the few who are competent to practice it. It depends on correct organisation and above all, on communications.”

Practice Communication Revolution Depends Mass Competent Organisation Enlisting

Author:Robert A. Heinlein

“Strength to do battle begins with enlisting the strength of God.”

Battle Enlisting

Author:Gordon B. Hinckley

“The moment you enlist in the army of God, you personally become a target. You need to remember that if you're living for and walking with Jesus Christ, the powers of darkness are aligned against you.”

Ifs Needs Moments God Remember Evil Jesus Christ Religious Darkness Power Walking Devil Jesus Christ Army Ministers Satan Target Following Jesus Enlisting

Author:Walter Martin

“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms agains himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced of it.”

Men Firsts Persons Success Certain Inspiring Enemy Doubt Failure Arms Bears Convinced Fear Of Failure First Person Enlisting

Author:Ambrose Bierce

“A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.”

Men Persons Enemy Doubt Failure Arms Bears Convinced Fear Of Failure Enlisting

Author:Alexandre Dumas

“America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.”

Wells America Peace Liberty Independence Libertarian Monsters Imperialism Alliances Freedom And Liberty Freedom Liberty Isolationism American Imperialism Enlisting Sea Of Monsters

Book:The origin and principles of the American Revolution compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution: a facsimile reproduction

Source: The origin and principles of the American Revolution compared with the origin and principles of the French Revolution: a facsimile reproduction

“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She well knows that by enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standards of freedom.”

“I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.”

I Can War Ends President Army Height Motive Vietnam Reserves President Bush Vietnam War Because I Can Stood Up National Guard Enlisting

Author:Larry David

“Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.”

Ifs Men Doe Said Done Might Politician Prove Right Thing Motive Electorate Enlisted Enlisting

Book:The Amateur Army

Source: The Amateur Army

“So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.”

America Faces Company Internet Police China Bitter Bitterness Severe Restriction Bitter Truth Enlisted Enlisting

Author:Tom Lantos

“If you would reform the world from its errors and vices, begin by enlisting the mothers.”

Ifs World Mother Errors Vices Reform Enlisting

Author:Charles Simmons

“[There is] a strange split in thinking common to those on the religious left, who are quick to denounce the profit motive and commercialism. Yet, they seem to think that the key to happiness is giving people more stuff - by enlisting the coercive power of government. This perverse way of thinking holds that 'social justice' demands that we take money from those who have earned it and give it to those who have less of it. That's not social justice; that's materialism.”

“We must win the war on poverty by enlisting the greatest weapon ever invented - free enterprise”

War Politics Winning Poverty Weapons Enterprise Free Enterprise War On Poverty Enlisting

Author:Jack Kemp