“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
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“Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did we rest the creations of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded his empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for him.”
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“Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.”
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“From that visit I took away one lesson: Death is the price you pay for underestimating this tenacious enemy.”
― We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
― We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
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