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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Bring the pure wine of love and freedom. But sir, a tornado is coming. More wine, we'll teach this storm A thing or two about whirling.
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Our earth is like a child who has grown up without parents, having no one to guide her... Some have attempted to help her but most have simply tried to use her. Humans, who have been given the task to lovingly steer the world, instead plunder her with no consideration, other than their immediate needs. And they give little thought for their own children who will inherit their lack of love. So they use her and abuse her with little consideration and then when she shudders of blows her breath. They are offended and raise their fist at God.
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"I believe it" announced Tafe complacently. "That my dear " said Ambrose "is because you grew up in a rough and violent world here just managing to live from day to day is easily considered a miracle. You are able to accept the truth no matter how astonishing its guise. Whereas our friend Hocker here is steeped in the overweening rationalism of his time and could mentally dismiss a mastodon in front of him if it happened to be wearing the wrong school tie
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On 24 August 1939, as an officer in the reserve, I had to join my regiment in Potsdam.
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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.
