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I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS. My favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg. — Mort Sahl

Make no mistake, our troops will be in Afghanistan and Iraq for a long time. — Jerry Costello

Women are part of peace keeping troops in countries like Liberia. — Zainab Salbi

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale. — Chiang Kai-shek

Don't let 'em see they killed you! — Henry V. O'Neil

To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous. — John Hewson

There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war. — George McGovern

The troops of other states have their reputation to gain, the sons of the Alamo have theirs to maintain. — Jefferson Davis

I've been calling for more troops for over two years, along with John McCain and others subsequent to my saying that. — Joe Biden

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened. — Jared Diamond

The Limeys want us in even with our hastily made plans and our half-trained and half-equipped troops. — Joseph Stilwell

Whatever party you're in in America, our troops deserve the full support of our government. — George W. Bush

Experimenters are the shock troops of science. — Max Planck

Generals don't panic; then the troops never panic. — Shaquille O'Neal

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side. — John McCarthy

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it is not God who will aim the musket. — Winfield Scott Hancock

Most of all, our troops from Alabama said they appreciate the care packages from folks back home. — Mike Rogers

If I have any choice I would prefer Western Troops. — John Buford

We can support our troops without supporting our president. — Trent Lott

As governor, when I visited our troops in Kuwait and Iraq, I served them Thanksgiving dinner. It was a small gesture compared to their sacrifice. — Jennifer Granholm

In 2005, I was the first member of Congress to introduce legislation calling for an immediate withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. — Jim McGovern

If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road. — George W. Bush

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, Remember men, you are Portuguese! — Duke Of Wellington

I'll be a grieving mom until I die because of the lies that took my son, ... I plan on keeping this up until the troops are brought home. — Cindy Sheehan

I was never Vice Chair of the Troops Out Movement. — Peter Hain

Look at the violence in Pakistan and the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan: the more troops we put in the more violent Pakistan becomes. — Michael Hastings

Commanders and senior officers should die with troops. The honour of the British Empire and the British Army is at stake. — Lord Randolph Churchill

I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general. — Alfred M. Gray

I would die for my country. But I'd rather kill for it. Ready your troops. We march! — Brian McClellan

The Official History of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, — Rick Beyer

Surrender your forces and give yourselves and your troops the opportunity to be a part of Iraq's future and not a part of Iraq's past. — Peter Pace

In the end, what your own troops do is more important than who they are marching against. — Don Meyer

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up. — Clint Eastwood

A compliance with the minutiae of military courtesy is a mark of well-disciplined troops. — John A. Lejeune

A troop surge in Baghdad would put more American troops at risk to address a problem that is not a military problem. — Norm Coleman

We've given Iraq six months and I don't think things are really working out, so we should probably bring our troops home. — Thomas Friedman

Fuehrer, we are on the march! Victorious Italian troops crossed the Greco-Albanian frontier at dawn today! — Benito Mussolini

I wish black people had a flag they could put into the ground, like when the troops stormed Iwo Jima. — J. B. Smoove

Battles are decided more by the morale of the troops than by their bodily strength. — Xenophon

When orders are consistently trustworthy and observed, the relationship of a commander with his troops is satisfactory. — Sun Tzu

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world. — Winston Churchill

We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped. — Brian Higgins

I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you. — Michael Moore

It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat. — Richard Myers

No commander was ever privileged to lead a finer force; no commander ever derived greater inspiration from the performance of his troops. — John J. Pershing

Conventional wisdom holds that setting a timetable for getting American troops out of Iraq would be a mistake. — Nick Clooney

By the mid-sixties, the United States had poured more than half a million troops into South Vietnam. — Nguyen Cao Ky

A general does not use the same troops over and over again. — John Christopher

I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps there was some good. — Jessica Lynch

War is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of idealists by cynics and of troops by politicians. — Chris Hedges

With a singlemindedness common only to former Soviet interior-ministry troops and first-year law students — Gary Shteyngart

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels. — Jane Fonda

The war in Iraq will end, our troops will come home, Bush will be impeached and he will be brought to justice. — Cindy Sheehan

We have fewer troops in Afghanistan than we had law enforcement [officers] at the Olympics in Salt Lake City. — Hillary Clinton

In the tumult and uproar, the battle seems chaotic, but there is no disorder, the troops appear to be milling about in circles but cannot be defeated. — Sun Tzu

However one feels about the war in Iraq, realize that our troops deserve our support 100 percent. — Ric Keller

Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not. — Joseph Hall

You know, I'm pro-troops, but I'm not pro-war. — Toby Keith

You can support the troops but not the president. — Tom DeLay

Nothing is so good for the morale of the troops as occasionally to see a dead general. — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten. — Napoleon Bonaparte

In league with a general called Feng Yuxiang, a Christian warlord, who entered legend by baptizing his troops en masse with a firehose, — Jung Chang

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops. — John J. Pershing

The heads of regiments are required to see that the troops join in prayer morning and evening as far as the service will permit. — Toussaint Louverture

I've done two USO Tours, one in the Middle East and one in Asia, and spent time with the troops. — Eion Bailey

You can't lead your troops if your troops do not trust you. — Diane Ravitch

I will give up troops gladly as long as I know that they will be used in the right place to bring victory. — Erich Ludendorff

Our troops are the best in the world. I have absolute confidence in the ability of the troops who are here, or additional troops, to do their part. — Rahm Emanuel

Of course you have to support the troops. They're just kids. They're doing for their country what's expected of them. — Neil Young

Proscription, martial law, the billeting of the rude troops, the tax collector, the unjust judge, anything at all, is sweeter than responsibility. — Mary McCarthy

Terrorize the jam like troops in Pakistan, swingin' through your town like your neighbourhood spiderman! — Inspectah Deck

The queen straightened her back and tilted her head back ever so slightly, giving power to her husband's troops through her own regality. — Samantha Wilcoxson

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also. — Ulysses S. Grant

Today they have proven once again that the mainstream media can't print enough bad news about our troops. — Joe Scarborough

Well British troops are superb in the field in terms of conflict. — John Major

Inform all the troops that communications have completely broken down. — Ashleigh Brilliant

I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise of the anti-American feelings there[in Iraq]. — Yaroslav Trofimov

Although the troops have struck us, we throw it all behind and are glad to meet you in peace and friendship. — Black Kettle

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected. — William Westmoreland

President Obama is sending troops back to Iraq. He said, 'Don't worry, we should not be there any longer than a Kardashian marriage.' — David Letterman

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996. — Akhmad Kadyrov

Supporting the troops has got to mean more than bumper stickers on pickup trucks, my friends. We need to give them what they need. — Solomon Ortiz

We have sent our troops to war without paying for it. Now, we are bringing them home without saying how we are paying for it. — Patty Murray

The United States must reach out to the world community with a new plan to stabilize Iraq, bring U.N. peacekeepers in, and bring U.S. troops home. — Dennis Kucinich

...the first Allied troops cantered eastward in the rollicking high spirits obligatory at the beginning of all military debacles. — Rick Atkinson

We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic. — Michele Bachmann

I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops. — Stephen Lang

Compelled to help arm the troops fighting to preserve his enslavement. — Douglas A. Blackmon

Prices are always lower when the troops are in the street. — David Bonderman

I believe sincerely that we should bring in U.N. peacekeepers and bring our troops home. — Dennis Kucinich

A major of colored troops is here with his party capturing negroes, with or without their consent ... They are being conscripted. — John A. Logan

It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force. — Philip Hammond

My wife and I look for ways to always support the troops, including sending care packages regularly to them. — Scott McClellan

General Pickett, finding the battle broken while the enemy was still reinforcing, called the troops off. — James Longstreet

I found that if I got up on the stage to entertain the troops I could make them shut up and look. — Kenneth Williams

Last year NASA's total budget was less than the cost of air-conditioning for troops in Iraq. — Margaret Lazarus Dean

If not in the interests of the state, do not act. If you cannot succeed, do not use troops. If you are not in danger, do not fight. — Sun Tzu

We show our support and love the troops, whatever our opinion. — Dennis Kucinich

Obama says he's bringing 10,000 troops home. The Republicans are calling it a failed jobs program. — Christopher Titus

I said that we needed to have people on the ground, troops on the ground in a coalition similar to what we had in the first Gulf War. — John Kasich