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There have been times where, let's say on LGBT issues, when we were trying to end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and I got the Pentagon and Bob Gates, a Republican holdover from the [George W.] Bush administration, to authorize a study of how you might end Don't Ask, Don't Tell, headed up by Jeh Johnson, who at that time was a council to the Justice Department. And it was going to take a year to conduct that study, issue a report, and figure out how it might be implemented, what effect it would have on unit cohesion and military effectiveness.

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Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.

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Arise, go forth, and conquer as of old.

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It is the act of a coward to wish for death.

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Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.

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And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and so does the Secretary of Defense.

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I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use.

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The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale.

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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

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Making no mistakes is what establishes the certainty of victory, for it means conquering an enemy that is already defeated.

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Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.

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The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.

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Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.

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Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world.

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America can't provide health care to people who need it. We can't invest in science and technology, which will determine whether or not we are going to be competitive in the long term. There has never been a country on Earth that saw its economy decline and yet maintained its military superiority.

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RASCALITY, n. Stupidity militant. The activity of a clouded intellect.

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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

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A country cannot simultaneously prepare and prevent war.

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This will not be a campaign of half measures, and we will accept no outcome except victory.

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There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be restored to its original meaning. Surely every man will have advisers by his side, but the decision will be made by one man.

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