"Experience is everything. The eagerness to learn how and why every piece of equipment works is everything. And luck is everything, too." - Chuck Yeager

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"The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight." - W. Averell Harriman

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"A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil." - James A. Garfield

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"Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what's going on and what you should be involved in." - Buzz Aldrin

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

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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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"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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"Ensure that no Marine who honorably wore the eagle, globe and anchor is lost to the Marine Corps family." - James L. Jones

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"And so the greatest of American triumphs... became a peculiarly joyless victory. We had won the Cold War, but there would be no parades." - Robert M. Gates

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"So, these political activities will create friction in and of themselves, and in this environment of friction there'll be additional violence." - John Abizaid

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"I can tell you one thing: It doesn't matter what the American people think. There's going to be an awful lot more body bags." - Seymour Hersh

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"One has to understand what the enemy is all about: the enemy's history, the enemy's culture, the enemy's aspirations. If you understand these well, you can perhaps move towards peace." - Zbigniew Brzezinski

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"Hug your friends tight, but your enemies tighter, hug 'em so tight they can't wiggle." - Lyndon B. Johnson

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"If we free the people of Iraq, we will be respected in the Arab world... and I think we will be respected around the world." - Bill Kristol

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