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Fitness Of Troops

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[On American troops stationed in Britain during World War II:] Overpaid, overfed, oversexed, and over here.

Tommy Trinder

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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

George Washington

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It is the love of the [British] people; it is their attachment to their government, from the sense of the deep stake they have in such a glorious institution, which gives you both your army and your navy, and infuses into both that liberal obedience, without which your army would be a base rabble, and your navy nothing but rotten timber.

Edmund Burke

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A rapacious and licentious soldiery.

Edmund Burke

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My men, yonder are the Hessians. They were bought for seven pounds and ten pence a man. Are you worth more? Prove it. Tonight, the American flag floats from yonder hill or Molly Stark sleeps a widow!

John Stark

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To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.

George Washington

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You don’t need to be “straight” to fight and die for your country; you just need to shoot straight.

Barry Goldwater

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