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«The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank; all I did was try and make»
Author: Ulysses S. Grant
(President)
| About:
Military
| Keywords:
farm, military rank, military service, parade, rank, rebellion, resigned, returned, the rebellion, The Service
«RESIGN, v.t. To renounce an honor for an advantage. To renounce an advantage for a greater advantage.'Twas rumored Leonard Wood had signed A true renunciation Of title, rank and every kind Of military station -- Each honorable station.By his example fired --inclined To noble emulation, The country humbly was resigned To Leonard's resignation -- His Christian resignation. --Politian Greame»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
emulation, fired, fire station, humbly, Leonard, leonard wood, military rank, resign, rumored, signed
«EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy --that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
badge, badges, epaulet, epaulets, lower rank, military officer, military rank, ornamented, promotion, serving
«I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal»
«We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.»
Author: William Faulkner
(Novelist, Writer)
| Keywords:
caste, castes, caste system, degrees, degrees of freedom, degree of freedom, Free to Choose, hierarchies, hierarchy, hierarchy of, military rank, rank
«For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
air power, fleets, military power, military rank
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