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The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common, quality of human nature.

Edward Gibbon

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Martial courage Soldiers

Author

Edward Gibbon

Source

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1776 1770s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Vol. 1, London: Strahan & Cadell, 1776, ch. 26.

Current Citation

Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Volumes 1-6. Vol. 1. Everyman's Library, 2010, ch. 26.

They come from the end of the line, most of 'em—small towns you never heard of: Pulaski, Tennessee; Brandon, Mississippi; Pork Bend, Utah; Wampum, Pennsylvania. Two years' high school's about it. Maybe if they're lucky, a job waiting for them back in a factory. But most of 'em got nothing. They're poor. They're the unwanted. Yet they're fighting for our society and our freedom. It's weird, isn't it? At the bottom of the barrel, they know it. Maybe that's why they call themselves "grunts", 'cause a grunt can take it—can take anything.

Platoon

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Soldiers Vietnam War

Speaker

Chris

Actor

Charlie Sheen

Source

Platoon

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) War

Language

English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Platoon. Directed by Oliver Stone, Hemdale Film Corporation, 1986.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. More than that no man is entitled to, and less than that no man shall have.

Theodore Roosevelt

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Military veterans Soldiers

Author

Theodore Roosevelt

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1903 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr. Speech at the Lincoln Monument. 4 July 1903, Lincoln Monument, Springfield, IL, USA.

But you realize every time you suit up, every time we go out, it's life or death. You roll the dice...and you deal with it.

The Hurt Locker

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Soldiers War

Speaker

Sergeant JT Sanborn

Actor

Anthony Mackie

Source

The Hurt Locker

Medium

Film

Genre

War (film) Thriller (film) War Thriller

Language

English

Time

2008 2000s 21st century

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Citation

The Hurt Locker. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Voltage Pictures/Kingsgate Films/Grosvenor Park Media/Film Capital Europe Funds/First Light Productions, 2008.

Slowly the reality of it all formed in my mind: we were expendable! It was difficult to accept. We come from a nature and a culture that values life and the individual. To find oneself in a situation where your life seems of little value is the ultimate in loneliness. It is a humbling experience.

Eugene Sledge

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Soldiers War is hell War

Author

Eugene Sledge

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Sledge, Eugene B., Jr. With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa. Presidio Press, 1981, pt. 1, ch. 4.