George Washington Quotes

The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare, the States seem perfectly indifferent to their cries.

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• How can we make sure that Confucianism is to be practiced? One must enforce it with power, and to have power, one must have a strong army.

  

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• Let me start by saying I wish no country had the need for an army. But in Israel, serving is part of being an Israeli. You've got to give back to the state. You give two or three years, and it's not about you. You give your freedom away. You learn discipline and respect.

  

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• I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.

  

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• We lived in Germany; my father was in the Army, and they figured I would have more consistency at boarding school. That kind of gives you a thick skin.

  

  Ed Weeks
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• My older brother, who was in the Army, now owns his own building company. My half-sister was a nurse and is now a psychotherapist.

  

  Olivia Colman
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• The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

  

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• Definition of 'Free': You pay for it whether or not you elect to receive it.

  

  Aaron Allston
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• Howard Hughes was able to afford the luxury of madness, like a man who not only thinks he is Napoleon but hires an army to prove it.

  

  Ted Morgan
  • Man
  • Army
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• When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal.

  

  Jack Herer
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• Israel is in the grip of a ghetto mentality. We have a powerful army. We have the atomic bomb. But the psychology of what comes out of Israel has the tone of the Warsaw Ghetto.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
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  • Army
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• I was a good soldier in the British Army. I was born in a very, very poor family. And I enlisted to escape hunger. But my officers were Scottish and they loved me. The Scots are good, you know.

  

  Idi Amin
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• Here's the problem the Free Syrian Army has. They really want to topple the regime in Damascus, and this is where most of the fight takes place, between Aleppo and Damascus for the Free Syrian Army.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Free
  • Problem
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• To wash dishes is not the same as a guy running a numerically-controlled machine. That guy running a numerically-controlled machine is going to get a higher level of pay because his training is higher, and he should get a higher level of pay.

  

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  • Guy
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• I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, because I can finally put an end to all those who questioned my motives for enlisting in the Army Reserve at the height of the Vietnam War.

  

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• We should be robustly assisting the Free Syrian Army with equipment and also with training.

  

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• I think you have to pay for love with bitter tears.

  

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  • Love
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• I remember one time being told I could not play in a basketball game at the College of William and Mary because I was black, even though I was playing with a United States Army team.

  

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  • Time
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• The reason I’m not more political is because I have music. And from a young age, I needed it. After prison, my father came to America, joined the Army, fought in Vietnam - and was exposed to Agent Orange. He died a slow, horrible death. Music was my escape.

  

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• The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.

  

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• I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.

  

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• There is one great truth on this planet: whoever you are, or whatever it is that you do, when you really want something, it's because that desire originated in the soul of the universe.... The soul of the world is nourished by people's happiness.

  

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• The United States is doing our part by increasing the number of refugees we resettle and I want again to commend Angela [Merkel], and more importantly, the German people for the extraordinary leadership and compassion that you have shown in the face of what I know is a very difficult challenge.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
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• The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally threadbare, the States seem perfectly indifferent to their cries.

  

  George Washington
  • Army
  • Pay
  • Indifferent