Rick Atkinson Quotes
That was a pretty fine Army that we had in 1965. By 1973, it was in tatters. It was a disgrace to the country and to itself, to its own heritage, really. So it's, you know, the Army belongs to all 307 million of us. It is our common possession, it's our common heritage. As goes the Army, so goes the republic.
Rick Atkinson
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Andrew Breitbart
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Bob Thomason
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Carl Mitcham
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Rex Stout
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
Fear can be created quickly; trust can’t.
Edwin Catmull
That was a pretty fine Army that we had in 1965. By 1973, it was in tatters. It was a disgrace to the country and to itself, to its own heritage, really. So it's, you know, the Army belongs to all 307 million of us. It is our common possession, it's our common heritage. As goes the Army, so goes the republic.
Rick Atkinson