David Galula quotes

“To confine soldiers to purely military functions while urgent and vital tasks have to be done, and nobody else is available to undertake them, would be senseless. The soldier must then be prepared to become a propagandist, a social worker, a civil engineer, a schoolteacher, a nurse, a boy scout. But only for as long as he cannot be replaced, for it is better to entrust civilian tasks to civilians.”
-- David Galula

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“Relying on luck, however, does not constitute a policy.”
-- David Galula

Source : David Galula (2006). “Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice”, p.47, Greenwood Publishing Group

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“It may be useful to remember that a peacetime political machine is built essentially on patronage.”
-- David Galula

Source : David Galula (2006). “Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice”, p.47, Greenwood Publishing Group

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“There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.”

“Yeah, September 11 happened and all my friends were like, 'Let's join the military!' and I was the only one who actually did.”

Source : "Adam Driver, boy among girls". Interview with Keely Weiss, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2012.

“The biggest misconception about me is the bad-boy image that everyone stuck me into due to my tattoos, drug days and the constant changes I make with my hair color.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

“My journey began with a single pencil. While traveling through India in 2006, I asked a boy begging on the streets, 'If you could have anything in the world, what would you want?' and he answered me with two words: 'A pencil.' Luckily, I had one in my pocket, and in the second it took me to give it to him, a defining dream was born.”

“Men, Grace learned, seemed to think women were all frustrated nurses.”

Source : Alexandra Potter (2005). “Do You Come Here Often?”, p.182, Simon and Schuster

“I know that nurses are not only the largest healthcare profession but are responsible for the delivery of most healthcare, and are often in the best place to be able to see the whole pathway of care.”

“For the first time she saw that the nurse's name was Tabitha.”

“When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.”

“To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you only nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big.”

“I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.”