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Ultimately, a real understanding of history means that we face NOTHING new under the sun.


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You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.



Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.

Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they're so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact.



PowerPoint makes us stupid.

PowerPoint makes us stupid.



I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.

I don't lose any sleep at night over the potential for failure. I cannot even spell the word.



Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.

Demonstrate to the world there is "No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy" than a U.S. Marine.



The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.

The most important six inches on the battlefield is between your ears.



If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.

If in order to kill the enemy you have to kill an innocent, don't take the shot. Don't create more enemies than you take out by some immoral act.



No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.

No war is over until the enemy says it's over. We may think it over, we may declare it over, but in fact, the enemy gets a vote.



There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline...you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline...you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.



You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.

You've been told that you're broken. That you're damaged goods ... there is also Post-Traumatic Growth. You come back from war stronger and more sure of who you are.





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When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.

When you receive God's love and encouragement, it will empower you to do more than you ever thought possible.



Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.

Make your educational laws strict and your criminal ones can be gentle but if you leave youth its liberty you will have to dig dungeons for ages.



To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.

To acknowledge our faults when we are blamed, is modesty; to discover them to one's friends in ingenuousness, is confidence; but to preach them to all the world, if one does not take care, is pride.



The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.

The band set up in January and just started rehearsing. If there was a song, we'd just rehearse it as a band, and it would get arranged as a band, and it got changed around a lot.



Theology is the logic of the Devil.

Theology is the logic of the Devil.



I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream

I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream



Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith.

Defeat is for those who, despite their fears, live with enthusiasm and faith.



I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.

I'll accept commissions from anyone who isn't frightened by my proposals.



The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.

The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.




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