Soldier Quotes

I think as a rifle platoon and company commander your view is about 1,000 meters in front of you and you hope you can cover that ground and not have to back up and give it up again.
I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.
I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
I was authorized to do everything that I did.
I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of the Marines that I served with for a quarter of a century.
I'm still in touch with a lot people who continue to serve our country well.
I'm trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer.
In my first book, Under Fire, I wrote that I revered Ronald Reagan. That was a dozen years ago. I still feel that way. I think he changed the world for the better for my children and my children's children.
In World War II, the book you have in front of you, it was said and it is probably true, that there was not a single American who did not know the name of somebody serving in uniform.
The terrorists that we are up against today do not rely upon cell phones and SAT phones and emails. They rely on couriers. You cannot intercept what a courier is telling somebody.
Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.
Without any intended hubris, I've lead a pretty exciting life. What I've tried to do in Mission Compromised is draw on those experiences to create a sense of excitement and realism within the story.
We have met the enemy, and they are ours.
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.
I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.
If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
In a completely integrated unit where you'd have white soldiers, particularly from southern states, serving under black noncommissioned officers or officers... I think you would have a problem definitely.
Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.
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