Edmund Kirby Smith Quotes
I have broken all ties that bind me to the U.S. Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I sacrifice more to my principles than any other officer in the Army can do. I would rather carry a musket in the cause of the South than be commander-in-chief under Mr. Lincoln.
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The Pledge of Allegiance says, 'liberty and justice for all'.
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It's strange when you're innocent, are you supposed to ask for forgiveness from the judge who's ready to put you away for several years? No, this wasn't even discussed.
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Now nothing can be more important than that the work of a soldier should be well done.
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You don’t win a game by hitting the ball out of the court.
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My interest in culture generally is a comparative one, and I think that's where the word joy, I think, can be applicable. There's joy in actually seeing the relatedness, the connectedness of different cultures or recognising, for instance, your own culture in another or another culture in your own culture and feeling an air to all of them.
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We must use collegiality not to level people down but to bring together their strength and creativity.
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And by the time I reach 38 or 39, I'm asleep.
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In Benin, there's a thing that family members wear the same pattern of traditional African clothing.
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If you’re really going to die on me, you could at least rub my neck before you go.
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I believe the President was enormously effective in small groups, small groups being anything under a hundred, where you could really communicate.
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It's a life of five-card draw, and you know what? When God asked me - I'm fine with the card I got. I'm gonna play this.
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I never had any ambitions of being a movie star or anything like that, but you know, this is nice.
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We rightly scorn those who have no made use of their defects, who have not exploited their deficiencies, and have not been enriched by their losses, as we despise any man who does not suffer at being a man or simply at being. Hence no graver insult can be inflicted than to call someone 'happy', no greater flattery than to grant him a 'vein of melancholy'... This is because gaiety is link to no important action and because, except for the mad, no one laughs when he is alone.
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A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class.
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The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds.
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I have broken all ties that bind me to the U.S. Army, not suddenly, impulsively, but conscientiously and after due deliberation. I sacrifice more to my principles than any other officer in the Army can do. I would rather carry a musket in the cause of the South than be commander-in-chief under Mr. Lincoln.
