'Aussie Rick'

“Prussians were singularly well prepared in other areas as well. They invented the “dog tag” in 1870: an oval disc worn by every soldier bearing his name, regiment, and place of residence.”
― Geoffrey Wawro, The Franco-Prussian War

“There is still one absolute weapon ... the only weapon capable of operating with complete effectiveness-of dominating every inch of terrain where human beings live and fight, and of doing it under all conditions of light and darkness, heat and cold, desert and forest, mountain and plain. That weapon is man himself.”
― Matthew B. Ridgway

“The warrior merely carries the sword on behalf of others.
His task is a lordly one because the warrior still agrees to die for the mistakes of others.”
― Alexandre Sanguinetti

“Life has no remote....get up and change it yourself!”
― Mark A. Cooper, Operation Einstein