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“Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”

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Author:Joyce Grenfell

“We don't have any intention whatsoever to use military force to solve the Palestinian problem. But when it comes to terror - when it comes to terror, I believe that military - the right military steps is a very, very complicated kind of warfare, where I make every effort not to escalate the situation.”

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Author:Ariel Sharon

“I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam War)”

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Author:Charles de Gaulle

“Every step toward Christ kills a doubt. Every thought, word, and deed for Him carries you away from discouragement.”

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Author:Theodore L. Cuyler

“If I was trying to destroy this country, what I would do is find a way to drive wedges between all the people, drive the debt to an unsustainable level, and then step off the stage as a world leader and let our enemies increase while we decreased our capacity as a military person. And that's what [Hillary Clinton] doing.”

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Author:Benjamin Carson

“Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in the capability of our military forces, and as a former military man myself - I was a professional naval officer, a submarine officer - I thought it was better, on a step-by-step, very carefully planned way, to increase the technical, or technological, capability of our weapons systems.”

“It is important to understand that there are two separate battles taking place in Iraq: there is the political rift between the Sunnis, Shia and the Kurds and there is a foreign extremist group - ISIS - trying to take advantage of the political environment through violence. If the Iraqis can resolve their political differences, it will be far more difficult for ISIS to thrive. Moving forward, we should continue to evaluate additional steps to help combat ISIS as we see what the Iraqis are willing to do politically, but we must also firmly guard against mission creep.”

“It doesn't happen often, it's what you dream and hope for. We are happy, but we want to make sure these changes have teeth. What we want to get across most is that this is a real opportunity for the military. They can step up and be a leader on misogyny and gender issues.”

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Author:Amy Ziering

“Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for what's right or the moral fiber to step aside when circumstances dictate.”

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Author:Michael Mullen

“Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.”

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1964

“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.”

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Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer