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If you're asked, you've got to serve - put aside any reservations based on campaign rhetoric... and figure out what's best for the country. David Petraeus

Best You Country Out Put Got Campaign Any Rhetoric Aside Asked Figure Reservations Based Serve

I don't vote. David Petraeus

Vote

The Orlando terrorist is an example of someone who was in the sights of law enforcement but never crossed the threshold from pre-criminal to criminal behavior and, thus, was not tracked adequately before this horrific act. David Petraeus

Law Behavior Threshold Example Before Criminal Adequately Sights Law Enforcement Someone Horrific Crossed Never Thus Terrorist Enforcement Act Who Orlando

We will win again in Iraq; I do think that Iraq can definitely be handled. I think that it can be kept intact. David Petraeus

Win Will Think Definitely Intact Iraq Handled Again Kept

I think it's reality that Iran is going to have influence in Iraq. All elements of Iraq accepted that. David Petraeus

Reality Think Accepted Iran Iraq Going Influence Elements

We're all outriders out there, and what we have is all these large number of tasks - that's the herd; that's all the cattle - a whole bunch of individual, hundreds if not thousands of projects at any given time ongoing that we're trying to complete. So we're trying to keep the cattle herd, keep it all just going in the right direction. David Petraeus

Time Herd Complete Hundreds Projects Out Thousands Ongoing Direction Given Individual Cattle Bunch Trying Tasks Any Going Any Given Time Just Large Whole Large Number Keep Right Number Right Direction

The Afghan people do not take kindly to conquerors. David Petraeus

People Kindly Take Afghan Afghan People Conquerors

We cannot kill or capture our way out of an industrial-strength insurgency. David Petraeus

Our Way We Cannot Out Insurgency Cannot Capture

My life has ever been devoted to her service from my youth up, though never before in a cause like this - a cause for which I would most cheerfully risk and lay down my life. David Wooster

My mind became agitated with the enquiry - why a nation, separated from us by an ocean more than three thousand miles in extent, should endeavor to enforce on us plans of subjugation, the most unnatural in themselves, unjust, inhuman in their operations, and unpractised even by the uncivilized savages of the wilderness? Deborah Sampson

Mind Three Ocean Nation Endeavor Unjust Wilderness Unnatural Thousand Thousand Miles More Uncivilized Most Became Operations Subjugation Than Themselves Us Enforce Should Separated Miles Plans Inhuman Even Why Extent Savages

November 11, 1802, I arrived at Judge Patterson's at Lisle. This respectable family treated me with every mark of distinction and friendship, and likewise all the people did the same. I really want for words to express my gratitude. Deborah Sampson

In whatever I may be thought to have been unnatural, unwise and indelicate, it is now my most fervent desire it may have a suitable impression on you - and on me, a penitent for every wrong thought and step. Deborah Sampson

Me You Thought Whatever Every Suitable Unnatural Step Wrong Most Unwise Been Impression Fervent May Now Desire

Such is my experience - not that I ever mourned the loss of a child, but that I consider myself as lost! Deborah Sampson

Myself Experience Lost Consider Loss Child Mourned Ever

We were all flying around up and down the coast near Dunkirk looking for enemy aircraft which seemed also to be milling around with no particular cohesion. Douglas Bader

Enemy Looking Down Aircraft Flying Seemed Particular Also Around Were Up Up And Down Which Coast Near Cohesion

Like the Spitfire it was immensely strong: a pilot had no need to fear the danger of pulling the wings off, no matter how desperate the situation became. Douglas Bader

Strong Fear Pilot Matter Desperate Situation Danger Immensely Wings Spitfire Had Like Became How Off Need Pulling

Could I have but a line a century hence crediting a contribution to the advance of peace, I would yield every honor which has been accorded by war. Douglas MacArthur

War History Peace Honor Every Has-Been Would Could Advance Line Been Accorded Yield Contribution Which Century Hence

There's always a fine line that divides hostility from neutrality, and I don't want to pass that line. Ed Dwight

Neutrality Fine Fine Line Divides Hostility Pass Always Line Want

The basic thing you have to understand is everything that happens on that spaceship, from the time you crawl into that seat to the time it touches down, is controlled from the ground. There's no one thing that makes a good astronaut. I don't know any person with determination and will that can't go to space. Ed Dwight

Time Good You Determination Space Will Down Everything Astronaut One Thing No-One Know Makes Understand Go Person Any Controlled Happens Spaceship Crawl Ground Seat Thing Basic

What people don't know is art was my deal and engineering was my sidebar. Ed Dwight

Art People Engineering Know Deal

I got this letter asking me if I wanted to or if I would consider going to experimental test pilot school and becoming the first Negro astronaut and I thought it was crazy. Ed Dwight

Me Crazy School Pilot Thought First Consider Astronaut Would Becoming Got Test Test Pilot Going Wanted Experimental Asking Letter

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