Soldier Duty Quotes

Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it.

I've been a soldier too long to refuse to entertain any request from a potential commander in chief.

Our men and women fighting in Iraq are held accountable for their performance and their conduct. On duty and off, twenty-four hours a day. They're fighting for us, for our safety, our rights, and our freedoms.

This army stays here until the last wounded man is removed. Before I leave them to the enemy, I will lose many more men.

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.

As a soldier, I know that the commander is responsible for every man and every thing. The words "I apologize" may sound banal. But I cannot find any other words.

In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.

Avoiding combat duty was and is an unforgivable sin for a professional soldier.

A barracks is meant to be a place where real soldiers were to be fed and equipped for war, not a place to settle down in or as a comfortable snuggery in which to enjoy ourselves. I hope that if ever they, our soldiers, do settle down God will burn their barracks over their heads!

It is possible to fight a war with undiminished respect for the rights of the enemy individual. Indeed, that is the duty of every soldier. But the terrorist must disregard this duty and disobey the law of war. His feelings towards the individual are abolished by his loathing of the group, and it is this—rather than his cowardice, cruelty, or intemperate hate—that constitutes his true moral corruption.