"Anything less than a conscious commitment to the important is an unconscious commitment to the unimportant."
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"So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak."
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"If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle"
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"If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity."
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"It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech."
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"Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle."
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"He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow."
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"It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency."
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"One enemy can do more hurt than ten friends can do good."
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"A bit of advice Given to a young Native American At the time of his initiation: As you go the way of life, You will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think."
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"No profession or occupation is more pleasing than the military; a profession or exercise both noble in execution (for the strongest, most generous and proudest of all virtues is true valor) and noble in its cause. No utility either more just or universal than the protection of the repose or defense of the greatness of one's country. The company and daily conversation of so many noble, young and active men cannot but be well-pleasing to you."
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"So long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home."
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"Peace on this planet will not be forged by military strength. It will be forged by those who come together despite their government's differences."
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"The more a country makes military weapons, the more insecure it becomes: if you have weapons, you become a target for attack."
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"Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory."
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"Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter."
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"The right is more precious than peace."
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"It is not an army that we must train for war; it is a nation."
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"We have room in this country for but one flag, the Stars and Stripes!"
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"War is a quarrel between two thieves too cowardly to fight their own battle; therefore they take boys from one village and another village, stick them into uniforms, equip them with guns, and let them loose like wild beasts against one other."
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