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Trading liberty for order
“A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither”
- Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson on rights
“No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrict him.”
- Thomas Jefferson
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Patton on Loyalty
“There’s a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom to the top. Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much less prevalent. One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.”
- General George S. Patton, Jr.
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George Washington on leaders
“Remember, that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the Officer–and that there is more expected from him than the Title.”
- George Washington
Addressing his officers 8 Jan 1756
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It always comes down to boots on the ground
“[Y]ou may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life—but if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men into the mud.”
- T.R. Fehrenbach
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On presidential criticism
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong – is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
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Truth is the mortal enemy
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
- Joseph Goebbels
Nazi propaganda minister
Square deal for veterans
“A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.”
- Theodore Roosevelt
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Knowledge vs. Wisdom
“Abundance of knowledge does not teach men to be wise.”
- Heraclitus
One is a warrior
“Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.”
- Heraclitus
