“Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security.” - John Allen

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"Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." - Adlai E. Stevenson

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"There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders." - Curtis LeMay

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"I'm not a fan almost anywhere of announcing to the enemy of what I'm going to do." - Tommy Franks

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"All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife." - Daniel Boone

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"You are not all going to die. Only two percent of you right here today would die in a major battle. Death must not be feared. Death, in time, comes to all men." - George S. Patton Jr.

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"No one hates war like a soldier hates war." - Tommy Franks

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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Chester W. Nimitz

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"Five-second fuses only last three seconds." - Infantry Journal

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"Always mystify, mislead and surprise the enemy if possible." -

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"One of the sharp parallels is that neither Vietnam nor Iraq was the slightest threat to America's national security." - George McGovern

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"The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence." - Henry Litvin

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"I don't have time to distinguish between the unfortunate and the incompetent." - Curtis LeMay

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"The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me." - Clara Barton

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"I look upon war with horror, but if it has to come, I am there." - William T. Sherman

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"I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share." - R. Lee Ermey

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"For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles." - Charles C. Krulak

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"Under our scheme of government the waste of public money is a crime against the citizen." - Grover Cleveland

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"Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions." - Ulysses S. Grant

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"Amputations are being done almost every day. Yesterday I went down to the 'Theater Hut' to see how our nurses were going to handle a very bad case, for the 'Theater Sister' is to be taken away soon." - Julia C. Stimson

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