Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben quotes
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“With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army.”
-- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben -
“Regardless of communication between man and man, speech is a necessary condition for the thinking of the individual in solitary seclusion. In appearance, however, language develops only socially, and man understands himself only once he has tested the intelligibility of his words by trial upon others.”
-- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
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Source : A J P Taylor (1974). “The First World War: An Illustrated History”, p.15, Penguin UK
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“The bottom line is the Kiss Army is growing by leaps and bounds.”
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“Take up the weapons of the glorious army for the salvation of many thousands.”
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Source : Adin Ballou (1848). “Christian non-resistance, in all its important bearings, illustrated and defended”, p.87
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