Why would it be ridiculous that Quebec has an army?
Gilles Duceppe
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We have been under military rule since 1952, when a group of army officers overthrew Egypt's monarchy and ended Britain's occupation of the country. But that only replaced an external occupation with an internal one, in which favored sons of the armed forces replaced their uniforms with suits, a move meant to create a semblance of civilian rule.
Mona Eltahawy
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
Ingmar Bergman
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The responsibility of commanding the invasion fell to me, and the task was assigned to my Army Group.
Gerd von Rundstedt
ResponsibilityMeArmyGroupTask
Sixteen- and 17-year-olds pay taxes and can join the army, so surely they should in turn be given their right to vote.
Lucy Powell
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There are two ways to fight the United States military: asymmetrically and stupid. Asymmetrically means you're going to try to avoid our strengths. In the 1991 Gulf War, it's like we called Saddam's army out into the schoolyard and beat up that army.
H. R. McMaster
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In the army you feel violated - there's no private space. Writing was a life-saver, a way of recovering private territory.
Etgar Keret
SpaceWritingFeelArmyYouWay
I wanted to join the Army the sign said 'Be All That You Can Be', they told me it wasn't enough.
Jay London
MeArmyEnoughYouSaidSign
Serving in the Israeli Army taught me what it means to be part of something greater than yourself.
Adam Neumann
YourselfMeArmyServingSomething
I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased.
Enrique Pena Nieto
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Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
Joseph Stalin
ReachArmyEveryoneSystemOwnFar
A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
Daniel Boone
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Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
Duke of Wellington
ArmyEarthOurMereComposed
Before they deploy, they train for the specific operations, but there is a danger that the Army is not retaining the core of its full capabilities.
Des Browne
ArmyTrainOperationsDangerCore
They're not shooting me for deserting the United Stated Army - thousands of guys have done that. They're shooting me for bread I stole when I was 12 years old.
Eddie Slovik
MeArmyBreadDoneOldShooting
In the U.S., these sights are no longer a surprise to me. I see army generals, captains of industry, and politicians of all colours and creeds on American television.
David Harewood
MeSurpriseAmericanArmyTelevision
I've learned that when someone does something very kind and refuses payment, giving them an engraved Swiss Army knife is never refused!
Christine Lavin
GivingArmySomeoneKindKnifeVery
I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
Bear Grylls
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The president is commander-in-chief of the army and navy and of the state militia when called into the service of the United States. He holds this power in time of peace as well as in time of war.
Charles A. Beard
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'The Avengers' made it more believable that I could have been a major in the U.S. Army.
Cobie Smulders
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With respect to drugs, you know, there are a lot of organizations, including an enormous budget and an army at the federal government level that tries to deal with the drug problem.
Burke Marshall
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I paint. I have been painting since I was kid. If I hadn't gone into radio when I did, I probably would have come out of the Army, gone into the art business, and probably would have flopped because I'm not that great.
Bob Elliott
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I had a mixture, my father was a career army man and my mother was a writer.
Bill Griffith
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The majority of soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely.
Antony Beevor
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