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Grant/Grossman
February 5, 1991
12:30 p.m. / A:VETS
BRIEF REMARKS: VETERANS BILLS SIGNING
THE ROOSEVELT ROOM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991
11:15 A.M.
Good morning. It's a pleasure -- once again -- to have so
many familiar faces here today, [acknowledgements/joke].
From Midway to Normandy; from Inchon to Khe Sahn; to last
week's battle of Khafji, American Marines, soldiers, airmen,
sailors and Coastguardsmen have given 'their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor' to keep freedom safe. We are
fighting for peace today as they did then, because America must
lead, as we always have.
All of you -- all of us -- have seen combat, that most gut
wrenching of all human experiences. And not one of us will ever
forget it. But we are here today to ensure that our nation will
ever remember those who defended her -- the men and women who
stood where duty required them to stand.
It is my honor today to sign into law two bills which give
veterans and their families the compensation they deserve. The
first, HR 3, provides for a 1991 cost-of-living adjustment; the
second, HR 556, gives monies for compensation and research for
veterans suffering from diseases associated with Agent Orange
exposure.
I want to acknowledge the hard work of the Veterans Affairs
Administration, as well as the Congress in the tough negotiations
over this legislation. And I want to salute those who ensured
2
that in the end, a bipartisan spirit prevailed to pass this
important legislation. These two bills meet the urgent needs of
our veterans -- and will build the confidence of tomorrow's
veterans that they and their loved ones will not be forgotten.
A grateful nation salutes all our veterans for the
difference they have made in the history of this country, and of
the world. Our allied forces are sacrificing much today in
pursuit of peace tomorrow. Their cause is just and noble, and
the American people are behind them foursquare. I think everyone
in this room is as proud of them as I am. //
And while their mission is a difficult and demanding one,
not one man or woman serving in the Persian Gulf will not have to
fight with one hand tied behind their back -- nor will they stay
there one day longer than absolutely necessary. //
Each and every one of them has volunteered to stand against
a dictator who must be stopped; each has gone to stand up for
what is moral and right in the world. The brave men and women of
Desert Storm know -- as we knew when we faced similar evils in
our time -- that when the forces of aggression arise, America
stands ready to do the hard work of freedom.
Thank you, and God bless each and every one of you.
Now I will sign these bills into law.
# # #
Grant/Grossman
February 5, 1991
11:30 a.m. / A:VETS
BRIEF REMARKS: VETERANS BILLS SIGNING
THE ROOSEVELT ROOM
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1991
11:15 A.M.
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prevailed in the end to pass this important legislation. These
two bills meet the urgent needs of our veterans -- and will build
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ones will not be forgotten.
A grateful nation salutes you for the difference you have
made in the history of this country, and of the world -- for as a
different commander after a different war, said of his own
soldiers centuries ago: "If we may have peace, they have
purchased it; and if we must have war they must manage it."
Our own fighting forces today are purchasing tomorrow's
peace right now. Their cause is just and moral, and the American
people are behind them -- 100 percent. I think everyone in this
room is as proud of them as I am. //
And while their mission is a difficult and demanding one,
not one man or woman serving in the Persian Gulf will not have to
stay there one day longer than absolutely necessary. //
Each and every one of them has volunteered to stand against
lawless dictator
an aggressor who must be stopped; each has gone to stand up for
what is moral and right in the world. The brave men and women of
Desert Storm know -- as we knew when we faced similar evils in
our time -- that when the forces of aggression arise, America
stands ready to do the hard work of freedom.
Thank you, and God bless each and every one of you.
Now I will sign these bills into law.
# # #
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now in Vietnam. 16,021 U.S.
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military killed in action to date.
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capitals of South Vietnam. U.S.
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increases to 798,000; 60,428
and ARVN forces launch Tet
the
17 February
SVNAF killed in action to date.
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Operation Maeng Ho 9 ends;
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749 known enemy casualties.
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Attack on U.S. embassy in Sai-
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20 February
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Committee begins hearings on
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3 January
Minnesota Senator Eugene Mc-
Hué captured by Viet Cong and
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for the Democratic presidential
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Operation Yellowstone ends;
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to expel enemy from city.
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19 January
Operation Pershing ends; 5,401
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known enemy casualties.
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Battle of Hué ends with re-
replaces General Wallace M
capture of city by U.S./South
I
Operation McLain begun by
Greene as Commandant of the
Vietnamese forces; 5,113 known
U.S. 173rd Airborne Brigade as
Marine Corps.
enemy casualties.
reconnaissance-in-force opera-
27 February
tion in support of pacification in
January
U.S. Navy begins Operation
U.S. military leaders request
Binh Thuan Province, II Corps.
Clearwater to interdict enem
206,000 additional troops for
bases and lines of communica
Vietnam and for security in
20 January
Operation Byrd ends; 849
tion on inland waterways in
other parts of the world.
known enemy casualties.
Corps.
29 February
+
Operation Pershing II ends; 614
21 January
Khe Sanh besieged by North
1 February
Richard M. Nixon announce
known enemy casualties.
Vietnamese Army. Operation
his candidacy for the presidency
Niagara begun by U.S. Air Force
Operation Napoleon/Saline be-
to support U.S. Marines in com-
1-25 February
Viet Cong and North Viett
gun as part of U.S. Marine
bat operations at Khe Sanh.
namese massacre 2,800 civilian
Corps operations along the Cua
in Hué
Viet River to keep this supply
ARMED FORCES
GEN JOHN W VESSEY JR, US Army, Chairman, Joint
ADM ELMO ZUMWALT JR, former US Chief of Naval
Chiefs of Staff
WILLIAM BROYLE
Operations
1 [My job is] to give the president and secretary of
1 "Why me?" Th
14 We checked with the Army and Air Force about the
defense military advice before they know they need
each morning a
possible injurious effects on humans of Agent Or-
it.
as the night se
ange
We were told there were none. You trust
NY Times 15 Jul 84
Memorial Da
those things.
2 "Resource-constrained environment" [are] fancy
On defoliant he ordered used during Vietnam War. from
2 What has brou
Pentagon words that mean there isn't enough money
My Father. My Son, with Lt Elmo Zumwalt 3rd, Mac-
all the possibil
to go around.
millan 86. excerpted in NY Times 24 Aug 86
all my youth-
ib
15 I ordered the spraying of Agent Orange.
len moments in
ib
football worko
3 More has been screwed up on the battlefield and
to end this way
misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of
16 Knowing what I now know. I still would have or-
ib
understanding of the English language than any oth-
dered the defoliation to achieve the objectives it did,
er single factor.
of reducing casualties.
ROBERT W Buc
ib
ib
3 This is danger
4 Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it
17 That does not ease the sorrow I feel for Elmo, or
dangerous. It is
self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get
the anguish his illness. and Russell's disability, give
On chemical
their clocks cleaned if they start one.
me. It is the first thing I think of when I awake in
To soldiers at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. ib
the morning. and the last thing I remember when I
ALISTAIR COOKE
5 You have to set your "shove-it" tolerance some-
go to sleep at night.
4 These doomsda
place. But you also have to recognize that you, too,
On his son. suffering from cancer. and his grandson,
than the soldie
may be wrong. and that in two weeks' time you'll
born with a severe learning disability. conditions
like conquistad
thought to have been caused by his son's exposure to
be "old what's-his-name' and won't be able to influ-
Agent Orange. ib
the more they
ence the situation at all.
leges.
On retiring after 46 years of service, ih 3 Sep 85
LT ELMO ZUMWALT 3RD
On personnel
Knopf 73
6 Don't get small units caught in between the forces
18 I am a lawyer and I don't think I could prove in
of history.
court
that Agent Orange is the cause of all the
NELSON DEMILLE
Lesson learned from death of 237 US servicemen in ter-
medical problems
reported by Vietnam veter-
rorist bombing in Beirut. ib
5 It was no more
ans. or of their children's serious birth defects. But
poignant contra
ADM JAMES D WATKINS. former US Chief of Naval
I am convinced that it is.
stone of this n
Operations
On his cancer and his son's learning disability. from My
Father, My Son. with Adm Elmo Zumwalt Jr. Macmil-
gently rising slc
7 [This is] an era of violent peace.
lan 86. excerpted in NY Times 24 Aug 86
ary.
Quoted by Richard Halloran "A Silent Battle Surfaces"
On Vietnam V
NY Times 7 Dec 86
19 I realize that what I am saying may imply that my
of Honor War
father is responsible for my illness and Russell's dis-
CASPAR W WEINBERGER. US Secretary of Defense
ability
I do not doubt for a minute that the sav-
6 It's a graveston
ib
8 I think women are too valuable to be in combat.
ing of American lives was always his first priority.
To Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the
Certainly thousands. perhaps even myself, are alive
DAVID DIAZ
Services. US News & World Report 19 May 86
today because of his decision to use Agent Orange.
ib
7 They say you C
[Here] rests the soul of our nation-here also should
you can read 1
be our conscience.
crowds here.
Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery.
Observers & Critics
On dedication
NY Times 11 Nov 86
5 May 85
ANONYMOUS
GEN WILLIAM C WESTMORELAND, US Army
10 War is fear cloaked in courage.
20 This embattled shore. portal of freedom, is forever
BERNARD EDELMA
hallowed by the ideas, valor and sacrifice of our fel-
8 They were calle
McCall's Dec 66
low countrymen.
ever grudgingly.
11 Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any
Monument inscription on Normandy coast, quoted by
the infantrymen
censorship. Without censorship. things can get ter-
John Vinocur "D-day Plus 40 Years" NY Times 13 May
Dear America.
ribly confused in the public mind.
84
Time 5 Apr 82
OWEN EDWARDS
LES ASPIN, US Congressman
JOHN WHEELER, Chairman, Vietnam Veterans Memorial
9 A chest full of m
Committee
21 Before we give you billions more, we want to know
in 3-D and Tech
what you've done with the trillion you've got.
On interviewin
12 I had a picture of a seven-year-old throwing a Fris-
Letter to Secretary of Defense Caspar W Weinberger
85
bee around on the grass
but it's treated as a
after Aspin became chairman of House of Representa-
spiritual place.
tives Armed Services Committee. NY Times 5 Feb
JANET FLANNER ("
On Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Washington DC. Time
85
15 Apr 85
10 When you look
DANIEL BERRIGAN SJ
you are looking
GEN YIGAEL YADIN, Israeli Chief of Staff
look at the prisor
22 Don't just do something, stand there.
13 The civilian is a soldier on 11 months' annual leave.
are looking at 22
On importance of thought as well as action in 1960s war
On readiness of reserve forces who have one month of
On Nuremberg
protests, recalled in Springfield MA Valley Advocate 17
intensive training a year, NY Times 25 May 86
World: Uncolle
Nov 86
Jovanovich 79
58
Heads of State
elections except as a
1 The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going
12 Some of your countrymen were unable to distinguish
on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but
between their native dislike for war and the stainless
a test of wills and ideas-a trial of spiritual resolve:
patriotism of those who suffered its scars. But there
the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the
has been a rethinking [and] now we can say to you,
Peronist
is
to
ideals to which we are dedicated.
and say as a nation, thank you for your courage.
another action still
ib
ib
2 [We seek] a constitutional amendment to permit vol-
13 Some say it will bring war to the heavens, but its
untary school prayer. God should never have been
purpose is to deter war, in the heavens and on earth.
OS
expelled from America's classrooms in the first
On Strategic Defense Initiative, State of the Union ad-
place.
dress 6 Feb 85
ists abroad but I do
State of the Union address 25 Jan 83
14 The freedom fighters of Nicaragua
are the moral
Life 3 Nov 61
3 I call upon the scientific community in our country,
equal of our Founding Fathers and the brave men
those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their
and women of the French Resistance.
France
great talents now to the cause of mankind and world
To National Conservative Political Action Conference 1
peace: to give us the means of rendering these nu-
Mar 85
Vewsweek 23 Nov 70
clear weapons impotent and obsolete.
15 The vote on the Peacekeeper is also a vote on Ge-
Introducing the Strategic Defense Initiative, address to
expected to regulate
neva. Rejecting the Peacekeeper will knock the legs
the nation 23 Mar 83
out from under the negotiating table.
ys slow.
tary yardstick
that
4 Tonight we are launching an effort which holds the
On importance of the MX missile. which he had dubbed
promise of changing the course of human history.
"the Peacekeeper." in arms negotiations. Newsweek 18
of purely internal pol-
71
ib
Mar 85
5 My belief has always been
that wherever in this
16 Someone must stand up to those who say, "Here's
state
land any individual's constitutional rights are being
the key. there's the Treasury. just take as many of
so is George Wash-
unjustly denied, it is the obligation of the federal
those hard-earned tax dollars as you want."
government-at point of bayonet if necessary-to
On vetoing a bill that would have extended $2 billion in
restore that individual's constitutional rights.
federal loan guarantees to farmers. Time 18 Mar 85
an in defense of Pales-
1 86
Press conference 17 May 83
17 I will veto again and again until spending is brought
1.5 to stress that this
6 They don't worship at the altar of forced busing and
under control.
line of death where
mandatory quotas. They don't believe you can rem-
ib
r backs to the wall.
edy past discrimination by mandating new discrimi-
18 People don't start wars. governments do.
JS Sixth Fleet in Med-
nation.
On eve of Geneva arms negotiations meeting. ih
Defending his nominees for Civil Rights Commission.
19 I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers.
quoted by Jean Nathan Miller "Ronald Reagan and the
ned into lambs and
Techniques of Discrimination" Atlantic Feb 84
Go ahead-make my day.
Picking up dialogue from Clint Eastwood's 1983 movie
)mbing raid on Tripoli.
7 If I thought there was some reason to be concerned
Sudden Impact. ib 25 Mar 85
about them. I wouldn't be sleeping in this house to-
night.
20 Most [tax revisions] didn't improve the system. they
merica and breaking
When asked about continued presence of Soviet nuclear
made it more like Washington itself: complicated.
submarines along US coastlines. press conference 22
unfair. cluttered with gobbledygook and loopholes
May 84
designed for those with the power and influence to
8 Damn it, Pierre. what do you want me to do? We'll
hire high-priced legal and tax advisers.
tack is still in power
go sit with empty chairs to get those guys back to
Address to the nation 28 May 85
pect another attack
the table.
21 Even Albert Einstein reportedly needed help on his
uoted in US News &
To Pierre Trudeau. prime minister of Canada. who
1040 form.
pressed for détente with the USSR when Soviet lead-
ib
ership changed. Washington Post 15 Jun 84
22 The distance between the present system and our
t
9 My fellow Americans: I'm pleased to tell you today
proposal is like comparing the distance between a
lorblind.
that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia
Model T and the space shuttle. And I should know:
stigate killing of black
forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.
I've seen both.
Comment while testing a microphone before a broadcast
ib
11 Aug 84
he laws we find un-
citizens, pick and
10 Anyone that's ever had their kitchen done over
23 The little dictator who went to Moscow in his green
fatigues to receive a bear hug did not forsake the
not obey.
knows that it never gets done as soon as you wish
it would.
doctrine of Lenin when he returned to the West and
Γ traffic controllers. to
appeared in a two-piece suit.
rs and Joiners. Chica-
Attempting to explain delay in installing security de-
vices in US embassy in Beirut after bombing that
On Daniel Ortega Saavedra. president of Nicaragua.
claimed many lives. NY Times 26 Sep 84
Time 17 Jun 85
1 a one-party nation
11 The war in Vietnam threatened to tear our society
24 The current tax code is a daily mugging.
permitted-because
apart, and the political and philosophical disagree-
Labor Day address. Independence MO. 2 Sep 85
ments that separated each side continue. to some
25 America's view of apartheid is simple and straight-
extent. It's been said that these memorials reflect a
forward: We believe it is wrong. We condemn it.
er: still it needs cul-
hunger for healing.
And we are united in hoping for the day when
On privately financed Vietnam Veterans Memorial and
apartheid will be no more.
to foster democratic
statue in Washington DC. Veterans Day address 11 Nov
On ordering sanctions against South Africa. announce-
84
ment from the Oval Office 9 Sep 85
13
V
Martin Van Buren
They [Union soldiers and sailors] gave un-
grudgingly; it was not a trade, but an offer-
His principles are all subordinate to his
ing.
ambitions.
Benjamin Harrison
Acceptance speech, Republican nomination,
John Quincy Adams
Indianapolis, Indiana
Memoirs of John Quincy Adams
September 11, 1888
c. 1829
The Union soldiers and sailors are now
I never acted with a more frank and candid
veterans of time as well of war. The
man than Mr. [Martin] Van Buren. It is said
that he is a great magician-I believe it,
parallels of age have approached close to
the citadels of life and the end, for each, of
but his only wand is good common sense
which he uses for the benefit of his
a brave and honorable struggle is not
remote.
country.
Benjamin Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Acceptance speech, second Republican nomination,
Letter, General R. G. Dunlap
Washington, D.C.
July 18, 1831
September 3, 1892
Instead of a dwarf Dutchman, a little
Perhaps no emotion cools sooner than that
dandy who you might lift in a bandbox, the
of gratitude.
people found him [Martin Van Buren] a
plain man of middle size, plain and affable.
Benjamin Harrison
Speech, Senate and House
Andrew Jackson
December 6, 1892
Jackson Correspondence
C. 1842
Veto
Veterans
I consider the veto power
to be used
only first, to protect the Constitution from
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedi-
violation; secondly, the people from
cate-we cannot consecrate-we cannot
effects of hasty legislation where their will
hallow-this ground. The brave men, liv-
has been probably disregarded or not well
ing and dead, who struggled here, have
understood, and thirdly, to prevent the
consecrated it, far above our poor power to
effects of combinations violative of the
add or detract.
rights of minorities.
Abraham Lincoln
William Henry Harrison
The Gettysburg Address
Inaugural address
November 19, 1863
March 4, 1841
247
V
Veteran
Thus the war terminated, and with it all
A multitude slain!-And their death
remembrance of the veteran's services.
Is a matter of grief and for tears;
One who in the past had suffered much in
Sir William Napier: History of the
The victory after a conflict
the wars and from the waves; now he slept
War in the Peninsula, bk xxiv, Ch 5,
Is a theme for a funeral rite.
at peace forgetful of what he had suffered.
1850
Lao Tze: The Way of Life, 6th
Homer: The Odyssey, xiii, C. 1000
Century B.C.
B.C.
Let us strive on to finish the work we are
in: to bind up the nation's wounds: to care
His enemies shall lick the dust.
for him who shall have borne the battle,
Psalm LXXII
He also made other laws, one of which
provides that those who are maimed in
and for his widow, and for his orphan
war shall be maintained at the public
Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural
Whoever wants to keep alive must aim
charge.
Address. 4 March 1865
victory. It is the winners who do the kil
Plutarch, 46-120 A.D., Lives (Solon)
and the losers who get killed.
(of Peisistratus)
Uncover your head and hold your breath:
Xenophon: Speech to the Greek arm
This boon not every lifetime hath-
in Persia after the defeat of Cyrus
To look on men who have walked with
He that outlives this day, and comes safe
Cunaxa, 401 B.C.
death,
home,
And have not been afraid.
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is
Know the enemy, know yourself; your
Elizabeth Akers Allen: The Return
named.
victory will never be endangered. Knov
Shakespeare: King Henry V, iv, 3,
of the Regiment, 1865 (of the New
the ground, know the weather; your vic
1598
York 7th Regiment)
will then be total.
Sun T=u, 400-320 B.C., The Arto
I have considered the pension list of the
Hacked, hewn with constant service,
War.x
thrown aside,
republic a roll of honor.
Grover Cleveland: Veto message on
To rust in peace, and rot in hospitals.
A skilled commander seeks victory fro
the Dependent Pension Bill, 5 July 1888
Thomas Southerne: The Loyal
the situation, and does not demand it fi
Brother. 1682
his subordinates.
A man who is good enough to shed his
Sun T=u, 400-320 B.C., The Art
As long as there are a few veterans, you
blood for his country is good enough to be
War
can do what you want with the rest.
given a square deal afterwards.
Maurice de Saxe: Mes Rêveries. vii.
Theodore Roosevelt. 1858-1919.
One more such victory and we are und
1732
Life of Thomas Hart Benton
Pyrrhus Of Epirus: After his victo
over the Romans at Asculum, 297
The Federal Government should treat
The broken soldier, kindly bid to stay,
B.C. (the origin of the phrase.
Sat by his fire. and talk the night away;
with the utmost consideration every
Pyrrhic victory")
Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow
disabled soldier, sailor or Marine of the
done,
World War, whether his disability be due
A good general not only sees the way t
Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how
to wounds received in line of action or to
victory; he also knows when victory is
fields were won.
health impaired in service: and for the
impossible.
Oliver Goldsmith: The Deserted
dependents of the brave men who died in
Polybius: Histories, i. c. 125 B.C.
Village, i, 1770
line of duty the Government's tenderest
concern and richest bounty should be their
Victory is by nature insolent and haug
That's the rum Old Commodore:
requital.
Cicero: Pro Marcello, 46 B.C.
That's the tough Old Commodore,
Democratic National Platform, 1920
The fighting Old Commodore, he!
Victory in war does not depend entirel
But the bullets and the gout
It takes very little yeast to leaven a lump
upon numbers or mere courage; only S
Have so knocked his hull about,
of dough
It takes a very few veterans
and discipline will insure it.
That he'll never more be fit for sea!
to leaven a division of doughboys.
Vegetius: De Re Militari, i, 378
The Old Commodore. naval song,
George S. Patton, Jr.: War As I Knew
A.D.
19th century
It, 1947
A victory gained before the situation h
There are no greater patriots than those
Veterans of foreign wars do not live long in
crystalized is one the common man do
good men who have been maimed in the
the gratitude of the republic.
not comprehend. Thus its author gain:
service of their country.
American political aphorism
reputation for sagacity. Before he has
Napoleon I: Political Aphorisms.
bloodied his blade the enemy state has
1848
(See also Old Soldier.)
submitted.
Tu Mu. 803-852. Wei Liao T=u
And, 'mid the dead and dying, were some
Victory
grown old in war
The greatest happiness is to vanquish
Caroline Elizabeth Norton, 1808-
Victory often changes her side.
your enemies, to chase them before yo
1877, The Soldier of the Rhine
Homer: The Iliad. vi, C. 1000 B.C.
to rob them of their wealth, to see tho:
336
VETO POWER
325
d upon unanimity. We have
Valor
1. Valor is self-respecting. Valor is circumspect. Valor strikes
we can derive from those
only when it is right to strike.
sdom, not despair. Both as
WOODROW WILSON
inite upon a program which
Address at a gridiron dinner, Feb. 26, 1916; Life, VI, 118
tructive.
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
See also Bravery
963; Chicago Daily News,
Vanity
1. Vanity, I am sensible, is my cardinal vice and cardinal folly;
Nov. 27, 1963
and I am in continual danger, when in company, of being led an
ignis fatuus chase by it.
4, Goals 3, Government 4,
JOHN ADAMS
ar 65
Diary, May 3, 1756; Works, II, 16
2. They say I am vain. Thank God I am so. Vanity is the cordial
country is a thing to be de-
drop which makes the bitter cup of life go down
What is not
nion.
vanity is sure to be vexation.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
JOHN ADAMS
94; Writings (Fitzpatrick),
1822; Figures, p. 68
XI, 1
3. Upon each recurrence of my birthday I am solemnly im-
and Monroe, on your noble
pressed with the vanity & emptiness of worldly honors and worldly
[University of Virginia].
enjoyments, and of the wisdom of preparing for a future estate.
orld will expect something
JAMES K. POLK
ins anything quite original,
Nov. 1, 1848; Diary (Quaife), IV, 177
es are too deeply rooted to
accepted at first. It will not
Veterans
1. The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
ions to support it.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
JOHN ADAMS
Acceptance of Nomination for Presidency, Cleveland, Ohio,
17; Writings (of Jefferson),
July 27, 1920
XV, 123
See also Gettysburg, Gratitude 1, Square Deal 1, War 47
bject of education was to
Veto Power
1. The power of the Executive veto was exercised by five of my
as a literature whenever it
predecessors
in the administration of the Government, and it
was an expression of the
is believed in no instance prejudicially to the public interests.
into education was to feel
JAMES K. POLK
en from age to age through
Fourth Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 5, 1848; Messages
rated to the secrets of the
and Papers, p. 2519
WOODROW WILSON
2. The veto power
was established to enable the people to
11, 1918; Selections, p. 178
resist and repel encroachments on their rights. It had its origin in
old Rome
and before Christ 497
which would make,
tion of President Garfield
since its origin, 2345 years.
of a log with a student on
Washington and Jefferson (who never exercised the power
'. He did not particularize
while President)
were in favor of the veto-power, as estab-
0 provide that the head of
lished in the Constitution.
S. Only a trained and tried
James Madison
"the great Apostle of Liberty," exercised
the head of a seat of learn-
this power six times during his eight years' administration.
of a university.
Mr. Monroe
a war-hating and peace-loving man
ven-
CALVIN COOLIDGE
tured to exercise this power once.
21, 1922; Freedom, p. 211
By Andrew Jackson
it was exercised nine times, and the
people said, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant."
John Tyler exercised this power four times
and his is the
ge, Libraries 3
only instance in which a law was passed over a veto.
1C: The Battle for Guadalcanal,
After battle sleep is best.
He was fond of adventure, ready to lead
63
Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel,
an attack on the enemy by day or night,
1834-1894, The Old
and, when he was in an awkward position,
ends on the terrain and the situa-
he kept his head.
Here the General slept before the battle of
Xenophon: Anabasis, ii, 390 B.C.
ical instructors' axiom
Tannenberg; here also the General slept
(of Clearchus, the Spartan general)
after the battle; and, between you and me
normal, all fouled up.
during the battle also.
It is a high thing, a bright honor, for a
J")
Attributed to General Max Hoffman,
man to do battle with the enemy for the
iers' saying. World War II (the
C. 1915 (Of von Hindenburg at
sake of his children, and for his land and
n of the slang noun, "snafu")
Tannenberg. 1914, at which Hoffman
his true wife; and death is a thing that will
was the General Staff operations
come when the spinning Destinies make it
officer)
come.
Grecian lyric, author unknown, 4th
century B.C.
them hip and thigh with a great
Smartness
War, as the saying goes, is full of false
es, XV
Can that man be reckoned a good soldier
alarms, a fact which professional soldiers
who through negligence suffers his arms to
have had the best chance to learn: thus they
:r him through the city, and
deteriorate by dirt and rust?
appear brave because of other men's
not your eye spare, neither have
Vegetius: De Re Militarii, ii, 378
ignorance of the true situation.
ay utterly old and young, both
Aristotle: The Nicomachean Ethic,
little children.
Smartness is the cement, but not the
iii. c. 340 B.C.
iel. IX, 5-6
bricks.
B.H. Liddell Hart: Thoughts on War.
Soldiers fight and die to advance the
soules sit on the banks of Styx,
V, 1944
wealth and luxury of the great, and they
e black return of Charon's boat,
are called masters of the world without
Elysian swarme with ghosts of
The old Army saying, "Who ever saw a
having a sod to call their own.
dirty soldier with a medal?" is largely true.
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus:
e sent from sundry foughten
George S. Patton. Jr.: War As / Knew
Speech in Rome. 133 B.C.
It, 1947
topher Marlowe: Tamburlaine
He who makes war his profession cannot
reat. 1590
We found it a great mistake to belittle the
be otherwise then vicious. War makes
importance of smartness in turn-out,
thieves, and peace brings them to the
1 the cannon
alertness of carriage, cleanliness of person,
gallows.
IS blown his ranks into the air.
saluting, or precision of movement, and to
Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527
espeare: Hamlet. iii, 4, 1600
dismiss them as naive, unintelligent,
parade-ground stuff. I do not believe that
For who ought to be more faithful than a
t of victory without slaughter is
troops can have unshakable battle disci-
man that is entrusted with the safety of his
ad to slaughter without victory.
pline without showing those outward
country, and has sworn to defend it to the
of Marlborough, 1650-1722
and formal signs which mark the pride
last drop of his blood? Who ought to be
men take in themselves and their units and
fonder of peace than those that suffer by
t comes to slaughter,
the mutual confidence and respect that
nothing but war? Who are under greater
0 your work on water,
exists between them and their officers.
obligations to worship God than Soldiers,
lick the bloomin' boots of 'im
Sir William Slim: Defeat into Victory,
who are daily exposed to innumerable
got it.
1956
dangers, and have most occasion for his
ard Kipling: Gunga Din, 1890
protection?
Niccolo Machiavelli: The Art of War.
Soldier
preface, 1520
The sex is ever to a soldier kind.
It is not gold, but good soldiers, that insure
Homer: Odvsser, xiv. c. 1000 B.C.
being knows how sweet sleep is
success in war
for it is impossible that
good soldiers should not be able to
er.
mighty men of valor.
S. Mosby: War Reminiscences,
procure gold, as it is impossible for gold
Joshua. 1. 9
to procure good soldiers.
37
Niccolo Machiavelli: Discorsi, ii, 1531
Readiness, obedience. and a sense of
0 sailor if he cannot sleep when
and turn out when he's called.
humor are the virtues of a soldier.
Soldiers in peace are like chimneys in
Dana. Jr.: Two Years Before
Brasidas of Sparta: Speech to the
summer.
Lacadaemonian Army. battle of
William Cecil Lord Burghley):
ast. xxxiv, 1840
Amphipolis. 422 B.C.
Advice to His Son. C. 1555
297
S
The hardiest soldiers be either slain or
Rude am I in my speech,
maimed [or], if they escape all hazards,
and return home again, if they be without
And little bless'd with the soft phrase of
peace.
relief of their friends they will surely
desperately rob and steal, and either
Shakespeare: Othello, i,3, 1604
shortly be hanged or miserably die in
A soldier's but a man;
prison.
A life's but a span:
Thomas Harman: A Caveat or
Why, then, let a soldier drink.
Warning for Common Cursetors,
Shakespeare: Othello, ii, 1604
i, 1566
There were three lusty soldiers-
He is a soldier fit to stand by Caesar.
Shakespeare: Othello, ii, 1604
Went through a town of late;
The one loved Bess. the other Sis,
The third loved bouncing Kate.
Fie, my lord, fie! a soldier and afear'd?
Shakespeare: Macbeth, v, 1605
Choice of Inventions. author un-
known. C. 1575
You are a soldier, therefore seldom rich.
As well the soldier dieth who standeth
Shakespeare: Timon of Athens, 1607
still, as he that gives the bravest onset.
Sir Philip Sidney, 1554-1586
I love them [soldiers] for their virtues'
sake and for their greatness of mind
If
They are soldiers,
we may have peace, they have purchased
Witty, courteous, liberal, full of spirit.
it: and if we must have war they must
manage it:
commade
Shakespeare: III Henry VI. i. 2.
Robert Devereux NEarLof Essex):
1590
Change, C. 1600
said
I am a soldier unapt to weep
after
He that gives a soldier the lie looks to
Or to exclaim on fortune's fickleness.
receive the stab.
a
Shakespeare: I King Henry VI. v.
1591
Thomas Dekker: The Seven Deadly
Sins of London, ii, 1606
was
And with a martial scorn,
To take a soldier without ambition is to
With one hand beats cold death aside.
pull off his spurs.
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, iii,
1. 1594
Francis Bacon: Essays. xxxvi. 1625
As soldiers will
In the vaunting style of a soldier.
That nothing do but meditate on blood,-
Francis Bacon. 1561-1626, Con-
To swearing and stern looks.
siderations Touching a War with
Spain
Shakespeare: King Henry V. 1', 2.
1598
Our God and the soldier we alike adore
A soldier,
Ev'n at the brink of danger, not before:
Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the
After deliverance, both alike requited,
pard;
God is forgotten, and the soldier slighted.
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in
Francis Quarles: Emblems, 1635
quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Water, fire and soldiers quickly make
room.
Even in the cannon's mouth.
George Herbert: Outlandish Proverbs,
Shakespeare: As You Like It, ii, 7,
1640
1599
This is your devoted friend, sir, the mani-
On becoming soldiers we have not ceased
to be citizens.
fold linguist, and the omnipotent soldier.
Shakespeare: All's Well That Ends
Humble Representation. addressed
Well, iv, 3
to Parliament by Cromwell's soldiers,
1647
You may relish him more in the soldier
NICCO
than in the scholar.
The two parts of a soldier are Valour and
Suffering.
Shakespeare: Othello, ii, 1, 1604
Duke of Albemarle, 1608-1670
When princes think mc
298
S
Whose house doth burn, must soldier turn.
common man, obedience and loyalty
A soldier is a man whose business it i
17th century adage, Thirty Years
From honor flows intrepidity and
kill those who never offended him, ar
War
equanimity in danger, zeal to win ability
who are the innocent martyrs of othe
and experience, respect for superiors,
men's iniquities. Whatever may becc
Soldiers and travelers may lie by authority.
modesty towards one's equals, condescen-
of the abstract question of the justifi:
James Howell: Proverbs, 1659
sion toward inferiors
Nothing therefore
ness of war, it seems impossible that
must incite the officer but honor, which
soldier should not be a depraved and
A soldier's life is a life of honor. but a dog
carries its own recompense: but the en-
natural thing.
would not lead it.
listed man is driven and restrained and
William Godwin: The Enquirer
Prince Rupert of the Rhine, 1619-1682
educated by reward and fear
The
1797
worst soldier is an officer without honor,
Ay me! what perils do environ
an enlisted man without discipline
Soldier rest! thy warfare o'er.
The man that meddles with cold iron!
Saxon-Polish Field Service Regula-
Dream of fighting fields no more.
Samuel Butler: Hudibras. i, 1663
tions, 1752
Sleep the sleep that knows not breal
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
Such as have followed the wars are
A soldier worthy of the name he bears,
Walter Scott: The Lady of the
despised of every man until a very pinch
As brave and senseless as the sword he
i, 1810
of need doth come.
bears.
Unknown English writer, 17th century
Mary Wortley Montagu: To James
Fell as he was in act and mind,
Steuart, 19 July, 1759
He left no bolder heart behind:
You stink of brandy and tobacco, most
Then, give him. for a soldier meet,
soldier-like.
Military men belong to a profession
A soldier's cloak for winding sheet.
William Congreve: The Old Bachelor,
which may be useful, but is often
Walter Scott: Rokeby, vi, 181
iii. 1693
dangerous.
Henry Middleton: Remark while
In order to have good soldiers, a n:
He shall turn soldier, and rather depend
President of the General Continental
must always be at war.
upon the outside of his head than the
Congress, 1774
Napoleon 1: To Barry E. O'M
lining.
St. Helena, 26 October 1816
William Congreve: Love for Love,
Every man thinks meanly of himself for
i, 1695
not having been a soldier.
Soldiers are made on purpose to b
Samuel Johnson: To James Boswell,
Napoleon 1: To General Gas₁
The military pedant always talks in a
10 April 1778
Gourgaud, St. Helena. 1818
camp, and is storming towns, making
lodgments and fighting battles from one
a rapacious and licentious soldiery.
The first qualification of a soldier
end of the year to the other. Everything he
Edmund Burke: To the House of
tude under fatigue and privation.
speaks smells of gunpowder: if you take
Commons on Fox's East India Bill,
is only the second: hardship, pove
away his artillery from him, he has not a
1783
and want are the best school for a
word to say for himself.
Napoleon I: Maxims of War
Joseph Addison: The Spectator.
For a soldier I 'listed, to grow great in
1831
30 June 1711
fame,
And be shot at for sixpence a day.
Chacun disait: Voyez donc comm
Of boasting more than bomb afraid,
Charles Dibdin, 1745-1814,
Il est grand, comme il est beau!
A soldier should be modest as a maid.
Charity
Le bel habit! Le beau chapeau!
Edward Young: Love of Fame, iv,
Morbleu, qu'un soldat est bel ho1
1724
This, this, my lad's a soldier's life:
(Each one said, look how big he i
He marches to the sprightly fife,
handsome! The smart uniform, t
The wise old soldier is never in haste to
And in each town to some new wife
handsome headgear! Goodness,
strike a blow.
Swears he'll be ever true
soldier is a fine-looking man!)
Pietro Metastasio: Adriano, ii, 1735
And follows the loud tattoo.
Louis Benjamin Francoeur,
Charles Dibdin, 1745-1814, The
1849
The first man to be king was a fortunate
Soldier's Life
soldier. Whoever serves his country well
A modern general has said that 1
has no need of ancestors.
Que du pauvre soldat, deplorable est la
troops would be as follows: an I1
Voltaire, 1694-1778, Merope, i, 3
chance!
half drunk, a Scotchman half st:
Quand la guerre finit, son malheur
an Englishman with his belly ful
If my soldiers were to begin to think, not
recommence.
C.C. Colton: Lacon, 1820
one would remain in the ranks.
(As for the poor soldier, his lot is
Ascribed to Frederick The Great,
deplorable! When the war's over, his ill
Wrath is quickly changed to frie
1712-1786
fortune resumes.)
the hearts that throb beneath as
Fin des Travaux de Mars, 18th
coat.
For the officer, honor is reserved, for the
century French song
Alessandro Manzoni, 1785
300
S
n, obedience and loyalty
A soldier is a man whose business it is to
flows intrepidity and
Ah, what delight to be a soldier!
kill those who never offended him, and
n danger, zeal to win ability
Augustin Eugene Scribe, 1791-1863,
who are the innocent martyrs of other
Dame Blanche
ice, respect for superiors,
men's iniquities. Whatever may become
'ards one's equals, condescen-
inferiors
of the abstract question of the justifiable-
What the soldier said is not evidence.
Nothing therefore
ness of war, it seems impossible that the
he officer but honor, which
Charles Dickens: Pickwick Papers,
soldier should not be a depraved and un-
1836
vn recompense; but the en-
natural thing.
driven and restrained and
William Godwin: The Enquirer, v,
reward and fear
The
Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
1797
is an officer without honor,
And used to war's alarms;
ian without discipline
But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
Soldier rest! thy warfare o'er.
So he laid down his arms.
Polish Field Service Regula-
752
Dream of fighting fields no more.
Thomas Hood: Faithless Nellie Gray,
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking,
1840
Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
rthy of the name he bears,
I senseless as the sword he
Walter Scott: The Lady of the Lake,
Soger (soldier) is the worst term of re-
i, 1810
proach that can be applied to a sailor. It
'ortley Montagu: To James
signifies a skulk, a shirk,-one who is
Fell as he was in act and mind,
19 July. 1759
always trying to get clear of work, and is
He left no bolder heart behind:
out of the way, or hanging back, when
Then, give him, for a soldier meet,
I belong to a profession
duty is to be done.
A soldier's cloak for winding sheet.
e useful, but is often
R.H. Dana Jr.: Two Years Before
Walter Scott: Rokeby. vi. 1813
the Mast, xvii, 1840
1iddleton: Remark while
In order to have good soldiers, a nation
11 of the General Continental
"You're wounded!" "Nay," the soldier's
must always be at war.
S. 1774
pride
Napoleon I: To Barry E. O'Meara,
Touched to the quick, he said:
St. Helena, 26 October 1816
links meanly of himself for
"I'm killed, Sire!" And his chief beside,
en a soldier.
Smiling the boy fell dead.
Soldiers are made on purpose to be killed.
Johnson: To James Boswell,
Robert Browning: Incident in the
1778
Napoleon I: To General Gaspard
French Camp, 1846
Gourgaud, St. Helena, 1818
He fell on the field:
us and licentious soldiery.
The first qualification of a soldier is forti-
/ Burke: To the House of
His country mourned him,
tude under fatigue and privation. Courage
ns on Fox's East India Bill,
And his father was resigned.
is only the second: hardship, poverty,
Bulwer-Lytton: The Caxtons. xviii,
and want are the best school for a soldier.
1849
Napoleon I: Maxims of War,
I 'listed, to grow great in
1831
Tell me what find we to admire
at for sixpence a day.
In epaulets and scarlet coats-
Chacun disait: Voyez donc comme
Dibdin. 1745-1814.
In men, because they load and fire,
Il est grand, comme il est beau!
And know the art of cutting throats?
Le bel habit! Le beau chapeau!
William Makepeace Thackeray.
Morbleu, qu'un soldat est bel homme!
/ lad's a soldier's life:
1811-1863
(Each one said, look how big he is, how
0 the sprightly fife.
handsome! The smart uniform, the
own to some new wife
Were not here the real priests and martyrs
handsome headgear! Goodness. but a
be ever true
of that loud-babbling, rotten generation?
the loud tattoo.
soldier is a fine-looking man!)
Thomas Carlyle: Letter to R.W.
Louis Benjamin Francoeur, 1773-
Dibdin. 1745-1814. The
Emerson. 25 June 1852 (on the
1849
Life
Prussian soldiers of Frederick the
Great's era)
A modern general has said that the best
e soldat, deplorable est la
troops would be as follows: an Irshman
Only the defeated and the deserters go to
rre finit, son malheur
half drunk, a Scotchman half starved, and
the war.
an Englishman with his belly full.
ence.
H.D. Thoreau: Walden, 1854
C.C. Colton: Lacon. 1820
or soldier, his lot is
Vhen the war's over, his ill
Theirs not to make reply,
ies.)
Wrath is quickly changed to friendship in
Theirs not to reason why,
the hearts that throb beneath a soldier's
"ravaux de Mars. 18th
Theirs but to do and die.
coat.
French song
Tennyson: The Charge of the Light
Alessandro Manzoni, 1785-1873
Brigade, 1854
301
S
A soldier has a hard life, and but little
to a man's lot. He must be taught to
consideration.
despise all those of civil life. Soldiers, like
Far and near and low and louder
R.E. Lee: Letter 10 his wife,
missionaries, must be fanatics.
On the roads of earth go by,
5 November, 1855
Sir Garnet Wolseley: The Soldier's
Dear to friends and food for powde
Pocket Book. 1809
Soldiers marching. all to die.
A.E. Housman, A Shropshire
The man-at-arms is the only man.
Henrik Ibsen: Lady Inger of
1896
It is nothing. For this. we are soldiers.
Ostraat. 1855
Captain Guy V. Henry. USA: After
Living or dead. drunk or dry. Sold
being shot through the face during
The soldier as an abstract idea is a hero
the 3d Cavalry's action on the Rose-
wish you well.
but as a social fact he is a pariah.
A.E. Housman. 1859-1936
bud River. 17 June 1876
Article in Blackwood's Edinburgh
Magazine, 1859
A soldier is an anachronism of wh
I have one sentiment for soldiers living and
dead: cheers for the living: tears for the
must get rid.
Policemen are soldiers who act alone;
George Bernard Shaw: The L
dead.
soldiers are policemen who act in unison.
Disciple. iii. 1897
Robert G. Ingersoll: Speech at
Herbert Spencer, 1820-1903. Social
Indianapolis. 21 September 1876
Statics
I never expect a soldier to think.
George Bernard Shaw: The 1
Soldiers should make it their function to
The soldier's trade is not slaying, but
Disciple. iii. 1897
exert themselves to the utmost of their
being slain. This, without well knowing its
loyalty and patriotism. They should
own meaning, the world honors it for.
When the military man approach
strictly observe decorum. They should
John Ruskin: Unto This Last. i. 1862
world locks up its spoons and pac
prize courage and bravery. They should
its womankind.
treasure faith and confidence. They should
I know that there must be soldiers: but as
George Bernard Shaw: Man
practice frugality.
to every separate soldier I regret that he
Superman. iii, 1903
Emperor Meiji: Imperial Rescript,
should be one of them.
4 January 1883
Anthony Trollope: North America. i,
Oh, I did not raise my boy to be a
1862
I brought him up to be my pride i
Love ain't enough for a soldier.
joy
Rudvard Kipling: The Young British
It is enough for the world to know that I
Popular song, 1916
Soldier. 1890
am a soldier.
W.T. Sherman. 1820- 1891
In this country of ours the man W
Oh. it's Tommy this. and "Tommy that,
not raised himself to be a soldier.
an' "Tommy, wait outside": But it's
The soldier that is, the great soldier-- of
woman who has not raised her b
"Special train for Atkins" when the
today is not a romantic animal, dashing
soldier for the right--neither one
trooper's on the tide.
at forlorn hopes, animated by frantic
is entitled to citizenship in the R
Rudyard Kipling: Tommy. 1890
sentiment, full of fancies as to a love-lady
Theodore Roosevelt: Speec
or a sovereign: but a quiet, grave man,
Upton. 18 November 1917
Single men in barricks don't grow into
busied in charts, exact in sums. master of
plaster saints.
the art of tactics, occupied in trivial detail:
You smug-faced crowds with kir
Rudyard Kipling: Tommy, 1890
thinking, as the Duke of Wellington was
Who cheer when soldier lads ma
once said to do, most of the shoes of his
Sneak home and pray you'll nev
Yes. the large Birds o' Prey
soldiers: despising all manner of éclat
The hell where youth and laught
They will carry us away,
and eloquence; perhaps, like Count
Siegfried Sassoon: Pray Go
Moltke. "silent in seven languages."
An' you'll never see your soldiers any
more!
Walter Bagehot: The English Consti-
Soldiers are citizens of death's g
Rudyard Kipling: Birds of Prey. 1895
tution, vii 1867
land.
Siegfried Sassoon, 1886-, 1
Servants of the staff and chain,
It were better to be a soldier's widow than
a coward's wife.
Mine and fuse and grapnel-
Old soldiers never die:
Thomas Bailey Aldrich, 1836-1907.
Some before the face of Kings,
Stand before the face of Kings;
They simply fade away.
Mercedes, ii, 2
British soldiers' song popul
Bearing divers gifts to Kings--
World War I
Hair is the glory of a woman but the shame
Gifts of case and shrapnel.
of a soldier.
Rudvard Kipling: A School Song.
A soldier's life is a hard one, int
1899
Sir Garnet Wolseley: The Soldier's
with some real dangers.
Pocket Book, 1869
André Maurois: Les Silenc
A good soldier is always a bit of an old.
Colonel Bramble, 1921
maid.
[The soldier] must be taught to believe
that his duties are the noblest which fall
Rudyard Kipling: The New Army,
1915
Boys are soldiers in their hearts
and where is the harm? Soldiers
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lot. He must be taught to
those of civil life. Soldiers, like
Far and near and low and louder
pugnacious. Paul bade Timothy be a good
ies, must be fanatics.
On the roads of earth go by,
soldier. Christ commended the centurion.
arnet Wolseley: The Soldier's
Dear to friends and food for powder,
Milton urged teachers to fit their pupils
et Book, 1809
Soldiers marching, all to die.
for all the offices of war. The very thought
A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad,
of danger and self sacrifice are inspira-
1896
ig. For this, we are soldiers.
tions.
in Guy V. Henry, USA: After
Sir Ian Hamilton: The Soul and
shot through the face during
Living or dead, drunk or dry, Soldier, I
Body of an Army, xiii, 1921
Cavalry's action on the Rose-
wish you well.
iver, 17 June 1876
A.E. Housman, 1859-1936
A soldier!-a common soldier!-nothing
but a body that makes movements when it
A soldier is an anachronism of which we
hears a shout!
sentiment for soldiers living and
S for the living; tears for the
must get rid.
D.H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, Sons and
George Bernard Shaw: The Devil's
Lovers
1 G. Ingersoll: Speech at
Disciple, iii, 1897
apolis. 21 September 1876
To ride boldly at what is in front of you, be
I never expect a soldier to think.
it fence or enemy; to pray, not for comfort,
ould make it their function to
George Bernard Shaw: The Devil's
but for combat: to remember that duty is
elves to the utmost of their
Disciple, iii, 1897
not to be proved in the evil day, but then
patriotism. They should
to be obeyed unquestioning; to love glory
rve decorum. They should
When the military man approaches, the
more than the temptations of wallowing
!e and bravery. They should
world locks up its spoons and packs off
ease.
its womankind.
h and confidence. They should
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.,
gality.
George Bernard Shaw: Man and
1841-1935. speech
or Meiji: Imperial Rescript.
Superman. iii, 1903
'ry' 1883
Three-quarters of a soldier's life is spent in
Oh, I did not raise my boy to be a soldier,
aimlessly waiting about.
hough for a soldier.
I brought him up to be my pride and
Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, 1888-
d Kipling: The Young British
joy.
1890
Popular song. 1916
A soldier is a slave-he does what he is
told to do--everything is provided for
my this. and Tommy that,
In this country of ours the man who has
him--his head is a superfluity. He is only
not raised himself to be a soldier, and the
mmy. wait outside": But it's
a stick used by men to strike other men.
n for Atkins" when the
woman who has not raised her boy to be a
Elbert Hubbard: Roycroft Dictionary,
soldier for the right-neither one of them
1923
S on the tide.
1 Kipling: Tommy. 1890
is entitled to citizenship in the Republic.
Theodore Roosevelt: Speech at Camp
Soldiers put one thing straight, but leave
barricks don't grow into
Upton. 18 November 1917
a dozen others crooked.
ints.
E.M. Forster: A Passage to India.
You smug-faced crowds with kindling eyes
XX, 1924
Kipling: Tommy. 1890
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Birds o' Prey
Sneak home and pray you never know
By your courage in tribulation, by your
The hell where youth and laughter go.
cheerfulness before the dirty devices of
y us away.
er see your soldiers any
Siegfried Sassoon: Pray God. 1918
this world, you have won the love of those
who have watched you.
Kipling: Birds of Prey. 1895
Soldiers are citizens of death's grey
Guy Chapman: A Passionate Prodi-
land.
gality. 1933
: staff and chain,
Siegfried Sassoon. 1886- Dreamers
and grapnel--
What are the qualities of the good soldier,
Old soldiers never die:
he face of Kings.
by the development of which we make the
ne face of Kings:
They simply fade away.
man war-worthy-fit for any war?
gifts to Kings--
British soldiers' song popular in
The following four-in whatever order you
World War I
id shrapnel.
place them-pretty well cover the field:
Kipling: .4 School Song,
discipline, physical fitness, technical skill
A soldier's life is a hard one. interspersed
in the use of his weapons, battle-craft.
with some real dangers.
Sir A.P. Wavell: Lecture at the Royal
André Maurois: Les Silences du
United Service Institution.
is always a bit of an old
Colonel Bramble. 1921
15 February 1933
Kipling: The New Army,
Boys are soldiers in their hearts already-
There's something about a soldier that is
and where is the harm? Soldiers are not
fine, fine, fine.
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Noel Gay Pseud. for Reginald
Plenty of foul-mouthed, blasphemous,
in his country, everyone is the enemy
Mixon Armitage): Popular song,
hard-drinking. cynical and cruel men have
the invader.
1933. in musical comedy. Soldiers of
made good soldiers.
Stendhal Henri Beyle): A Life
the King
Jon Manchip White: Marshal of
Napoleon. xli. 1818
France, 1962
The essential quality of the warrior is
bravery: that of the soldier, discipline.
Robert Leurquin: In The Army
A soldier is not a foreign minister. He can-
Spanish-American War (1898)
Quarterly, April 1938
not enter into negotiations, and he has to
carry out his orders.
You furnish the pictures and I'll furn
I needed hard riders and hard livers; men
Nikita Khruschev: During an inter-
war.
view with a group of American
William Randolph Hearst: Cab
proud of themselves and without family.
visitors, the Kremlin, November
Frederic Remington, then in Cₗ
T.E. Lawrence. 1888-1935
1963
the Hearst newspapers, March
The functions of a citizen and a soldier are
inseparable.
A good soldier is never forgot,
It has been a splendid little war; beg
Benito Mussolini: Decree,
Whether he die by musket or by the pot.
with the highest motives, carried on
Epitaph at Winchester, England
magnificent intelligence and spirit, f
18 September 1934
by that fortune which loves the brav
It was commonly believed that any young
The best soldiers are not warlike.
John Hay: Letter to Theodore
Chinese Proverb
Roosevelt. 1898
man who joined the Army did so because
he was too lazy to work. or else he had got
a girl in the family way. Hardly anyone
Good iron is not used for nails; good men
The Spanish-American War was no
had a good word for the soldier, and
do not become soldiers.
great war. A large number of our tr
mothers taught their daughters to beware
Chinese Proverb
took the hazard of watermelons in (
of them.
and Florida. and fought the malaria
Private Frank Richards: Old Soldier
It is better to have no son than one who
mosquitoes, but very few Spanish
Sahib, 1936
is a soldier.
Spanish-American War yielded cor
Chinese Proverb
tively little in heroics [but] paid the
Nothing has been made safe until the
marvelous dividends in politics and
soldier has made safe the field where the
A soldier ought to fear nothing but God
magazine articles of any war in the
building shall be built, and the soldier is
and dishonor.
of the country.
the scaffolding until it has been built, and
English Proverb
James L. Slayden: To the Hou
the soldier gets no reward but honor.
Representatives, 1906
Eric Linklater, 1899-, Crisis in
Soldiers fight. and kings are heroes.
Heaven
Hebrew Proverb
An hour or two at Manila, an hour
at Santiago, and the maps of the W
Professional soldiers are sentimental
Among flowers, the best is the cherry
were changed.
men. for all the harsh realities of their
blossom: among men, the best is the
Rear Admiral A.S. Barker, U
calling. In their wallets and in their
soldier.
1843-1916
memories they carry bits of philosophy,
Japanese Proverb
fragments of poetry, quotations from the
(See also Dewey, Maine, Manila E
Scriptures, which, in times of stress and
(See also Profession of Arms, Regular.)
danger speak to them with great meaning.
General Matthew B. Ridgway, USA:
Spanish Armada
My Battles in War and Peace,
January 1956
Smokeless Powder
Our ships doth show themselves li
gallants here. I assure you it will d
How often have I seen them, unconscious
Smokeless powder has changed the picture
man's heart good to behold them;
ambassadors, showing their identity discs
and made the unknown both complete and
would to God the Prince of Parma
or photos of their wives and families,
lasting.
Ferdinand Foch: Precepts, 1919
upon the seas with all his forces, a
asking questions by signs, swapping
the view of them; then I doubt not
cigarettes, buttons, and I am afraid, at
(See also Ammunition, Gunpowder.)
you should hear that we would ma
times cap-badges.
enterprise very unpleasant to him.
Sir William Slim: Unofficial History,
Sir William Wynter: To the 1
ix, 1959
Officers, 28 February 1588, a
Spain
preparations against the Arn
Where else would you get a nonlineal
computer weighing only 160 pounds,
The Spaniard, like the Turk whom he so
I know I have the body of a weak
having a million precision elements, that
strongly resembles in religion, does not
feeble woman, but I have the hear
can be mass produced by unskilled labor?
leave his country to make war on other
stomach of a king, and of a king
Attributed to Scott Crossfield, 1962
nations, but as soon as anyone sets foot
England, too; and think foul scor
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