Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. quotes
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“They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.”
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“You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.”
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“Never wrestle with pigs. You get dirty and they enjoy it.”
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“When eating an elephant take one bite at a time.”
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“It is never very crowded at the front.”
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“While we are guarding the country, we must accept being the guardian of the finest ethics. The country needs it and we must do it.”
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“It is soldiers who pay most of the human cost. In war it is extraordinary how it all comes down to the character of one man.”
-- Creighton W. Abrams, Jr.
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“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
Source : Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.41, Courier Corporation
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“Have I played the part well? Then applaud as I exit!”
Source : "The Fall of the Roman Empire". Book by Rita J. Markel, January 10, 2007.
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“There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.22, Macmillan
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“No one is so poor that they cannot give, and no one is so rich that they cannot receive.”
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