Quotes to live by

[Escape_Driver]

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

[Escape_Driver]

"An army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team.
This individuality stuff is a bunch of bull****."

[Escape_Driver]

"Prisoner of War guard companies, or an equivalent organization, should be as far forward as possible in action to take over prisoners of war, because troops heated with battle are not safe custodians. Any attempt to rob or loot prisoners of war by escorts must be dealt strictly with."

[Archer]

Escape_driver needs to stop playing war games

[Escape_Driver]

“It is absurd to believe that soldiers who cannot be made to wear the proper uniform can be induced to move forward in battle. Officers who fail to perform their duty by correcting small violations and in enforcing proper conduct are incapable of leading.”

[Escape_Driver]

“You cannot be disciplined in great things and indiscipline in small things. Brave undisciplined men have no chance against the discipline and valour of other men. Have you ever seen a few policemen handle a crowd?”

[Escape_Driver]

Sorry I love Patton... Of course now he would have been hanged

[Wayward Clam]

"Here's your basic truth --- and the more I thought about this over the weekend, the more I came to believe that it deserves to be regarded as a truth of life that is above challenge. About 50% of the adults in this country are simply too damned ignorant and stupid to be living in a free society. These are people who cannot survive without someone else stepping forward to take care of them. They need to and deserve to live in a dictatorship, hopefully benevolent. One thing that occurs to me is that I am unwilling to surrender my freedoms and economic liberty simply because these idiots can't cope. That means that they are a danger to me." Neal Boortz

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty, or civilization, or both. — Thomas MacCaulay

Can our form of government, our system of justice, survive if one can be denied a freedom because he might abuse it? — HARLON CARTER

Wow. These really impress me.

Adept, you have some fantastic ones too, but I have always liked C.S. Lewis.

[Stalemate]

...Adept, you have some fantastic ones too, but I have always liked C.S. Lewis.

Yeah, he really makes you think at times...

I still have a couple of his books I have not read, but I'm working on it.

[Cave_Dweller]

"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country."

If someone with information valuable to the enemy is captured and tortured to death or executed for refusing to talk, wouldn't he have helped to win the war by dying for his country? Or those who threw themselves on hand grenades to save the rest of their company?

I have to respectfully disagree with Patton on that one.

[Wayward Clam]

You're kinda missing his point, Cavedweller. I'm pretty sure it goes something along the lines of "sacrifice is cool and all, but wouldn't you rather the ENEMY had to sacrifice their lives instead of you?"

[MobilePCPhysician]

"the checks in the mail"
"of course I love you"
"I won't c*m in your mouth"

[Cave_Dweller]

You're kinda missing his point, Cavedweller. I'm pretty sure it goes something along the lines of "sacrifice is cool and all, but wouldn't you rather the ENEMY had to sacrifice their lives instead of you?"

It wouldn't be the first time, but that quote has always bothered me.

[Stalemate]

"Being is much harder than doing."

"Living for something can sometimes be harder than dying for it."

-Me (as far as I know)

[Quantumfusion]

Life isn't fair, Let's hope it's unfair in my favor.