The soldier does not wish to appear a coward, disloyal, or un-American. The situation has been so defined that he can see himself as patriotic, courageous, and manly only through compliance.
Stanley Milgram
We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes
Robert Maynard Hutchins
God of our fathers, who by land and sea have ever lead us to victory, please continue your inspiring guidance in this the greatest of all conflicts. Strengthen my soul so that the weakening instinct of self-preservation, which besets all of us in battle, ...
General George S. Patton
Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev`n at the brink of danger; not before: After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God`s forgotten, and our soldiers slighted
Francis Quarles
A soldier of the Legion lay dying in Algiers, There was a lack of woman`s nursing, there was dearth of woman`s tears; But a comrade stood beside him, while his lifeblood ebbed away
Caroline Norton
Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations give a satisfactory outlet to only one temperamental type, be he mystic or soldier, businessman or artist, a civili...
Margaret Mead
"Why me?" That is the soldier`s first question, asked each morning as the patrols go out and each evening as the night settles around the foxholes.
William Broyles Jr.