The existence of the soldier, next to capital punishment, is the most grievous vestige of barbarism which survives among men.
But the admiration for Jackson was by no means confined to his own soldiers and to his own section.
A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompson’s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics and its relation with the American hegemon. It’s first-rate scholarship and equally first-rate writing.
This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go to the front. If I can't be a soldier, I'll help soldiers.
There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly.
The scum of the earth. . . but what fine soldiers we have made them.
If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television - can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves.
One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
Brave is good - especially when you are a soldier.
He [Christ] even restored the severed ear of the soldier who came to arrest Him - a fact that allows us to hope the resurrection will reflect a considerable attention to detail.
If one is a professional soldier, it is part of one's job to die sooner or later.
If you have form'd a circle to go into, Go into it yourself, and see how you would do. They said this mystery never shall cease: The priest promotes war, and the soldier peace.
The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything.
Law enforcement officers should use only the minimum force necessary in dealing with disorders when they arise. A human life-the life of a student, soldier, or police officer-is a precious thing, and the taking of a life can be justified only as a necessary and last resort.
A coward dies a thousand times, a soldier dies but once.
O God of battles! steel my soldiers’ hearts. Possess them not with fear.
I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up.
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
Fortunately, at the last hour, there were always a few soldiers to save Civilization.
Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love.