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“I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.”

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Author:Brigitte Nielsen

“We have room for but one loyalty, loyalty to the United States.”

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Author:Theodore Roosevelt

“We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!”

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Book:The foes of our own household; The great adventure; Letters to his children

Source: The foes of our own household; The great adventure; Letters to his children

“I think the key anecdote in the book is when Colin [Powell] and I were discussing Iraq. Colin was upstairs in the Treaty Room, in the residence. And he talks about his concerns about the use of military in Iraq. And I said I felt the same concerns, but it might be that we have to use it. In which case, he said, "I support you."”

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Author:George W. Bush

“A lot of military people just take orders, and there is a place for that. But SEALs think for themselves from day one. That way, when something happens - a kid runs out of a room, a woman is held as a human shield - they can make those decisions on the fly. We always say: "Improvise, adapt and overcome."”

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Author:Howard E. Wasdin

“Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America - not on the battlefields of Vietnam.”

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Author:Marshall McLuhan