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Those are the things that, in the wrong hands - and certainly in our war on terrorism we also must attack proliferation and those nations that proliferate with chemical, biological and nuclear type devices, because that can cause the most catastrophic results.
Hugh Shelton
War
Terrorism
Cause
Type
Our
Proliferate
Proliferation
Those
Must
Attack
Results
Catastrophic
Wrong
Devices
Most
Also
Because
Chemical
Hands
Nations
Certainly
Nuclear
Things
Biological
The first truth for special operations is that quality is more important than quantity.
Hugh Shelton
Truth
Quality
First
Important
More
Operations
Quantity
Than
Special
My goal was to make first lieutenant. I never spent a lot of time worrying about what came after that.
Hugh Shelton
Time
First
Worrying
Spent
Lieutenant
About
Never
Make
Came
Goal
Lot
After
It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens. We know the terrorists are barbaric and murderers that attack innocent civilians, as they did in this case.
Hugh Shelton
Great
Terrorism
Innocent
Face
Changing
Innocent Civilians
Our
States
Citizens
Case
Civilians
Attack
Know
Terrorists
Did
Barbaric
United
United States
Bringing
Basically
I'm not going to say whether I'm a Republican or a Democrat.
Hugh Shelton
Say
Democrat
Going
Whether
Republican
I was, somewhere in the neighborhood of about 300 jumps.
Hugh Shelton
Somewhere
Neighborhood
About
Jumps
I think that the American people should rest assured and be assured that every federal agency that has a role to play in this terrorism is working overtime now, taking every necessary action to protect our great citizens.
Hugh Shelton
Great
Terrorism
People
Rest
Overtime
Action
Every
Think
Assured
Our
Citizens
Federal
Taking
Protect
Role
American
Agency
American People
Should
Working
Now
Play
Necessary
I believe that this is a different war than America has ever fought in the past. It is a non-conventional war. It means that you've got to use every tool you've got available to you.
Hugh Shelton
War
You
Past
Believe
Every
Tool
Got
Than
America
Different
In The Past
Available
Means
Use
Fought
Ever
But the other thing is that I feel very confident in the individual pilots. They are tremendous individuals. They are individuals that have sworn to protect and defend our very citizens. That's why we serve.
Hugh Shelton
Other
Tremendous
Our
Citizens
Individual
Individuals
Feel
Protect
Pilots
Very
Confident
Why
Serve
Thing
Sworn
Defend
But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.
Hugh Shelton
Life
Great
Opportunity
Honor
My Life
Marines
Our
Honored
Soldiers
Airmen
Lead
Greatest
Sailors
Been
Very
Representative
Who
Washington
Serve
Humbling
I was sick. I guess I was about to crack up thinking about all my good buddies. They were better men than me and they're not coming back. Much less back to the White House, like me.
Ira Hayes
Good
Me
Better
Men
White
White House
Thinking
Sick
Guess
Back
About
Buddies
Like
House
Coming
Were
Up
Than
Crack
Much
Less
Never tell anyone outside my staff that the Submarine Force and the First Air Fleet were responsible for the failure at Midway. The failure at Midway was mine.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Failure
First
Air
Mine
Tell
Responsible
Outside
Never
Force
Were
Submarine
Staff
Anyone
Midway
Fleet
I sincerely desire to be appointed Commander in Chief of the air fleet to attack Pearl Harbor so that I may personally command that attack force.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Air
Attack
Sincerely
Force
Command
Commander
Chief
May
Personally
Fleet
Harbor
Pearl
Pearl Harbor
Appointed
Desire
The most important thing we have to do first of all in a war with the U.S., I firmly believe, is to fiercely attack and destroy the U.S. main fleet at the outset of the war so that the morale of the U.S. Navy and her people goes down to such an extent that it cannot be recovered.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
People
First
Important
Down
Believe
Destroy
Morale
Attack
Recovered
Outset
Main
Firmly
Most
Most Important Thing
First Of All
Important Thing
Goes
The Most Important
Cannot
Fiercely
Fleet
Navy
Her
Thing
Extent
I'm against war with the United States. But I am an officer of the Imperial Navy and a subject of His Majesty the Emperor.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
States
Imperial
Emperor
Majesty
Am
His
Subject
Officer
Against
Navy
United
United States
In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Success
War
Great
Win
Victory
Will
First
Expectation
Wild
Great Britain
Months
States
Run
Six
After
Then
Twelve
United
United States
Britain
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Man
Enemy
Pride
Matter
Military
Sleeping
Scarcely
Having
More
Shame
Simply
Himself
Smitten
Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
Time
Great
Conflict
Determination
Training
Seriously
Inevitable
Situation
Needless
Great Britain
Say
Outlook
Firm
Combined
Come
Devote
Make
Operational
Although
Itself
Precise
Anyone
Fleet
Hard
Plans
International
Navy
Preparations
Now
Britain
A man of real purpose puts his faith in himself always. Sometimes he refuses even to put his faith in the gods. So from time to time, he falls into error.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Faith
Time
Man
Sometimes
Purpose
He
Put
Puts
Himself
Always
Real
His
Falls
Error
Gods
From Time To Time
Refuses
Even
Unless more efforts based upon long-range planning are put into military preparations and operations, it will be very hard to win the final victory.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Win
Victory
Will
Military
Final
Unless
More
Put
Operations
Very
Efforts
Planning
Hard
Preparations
Based
I entered the navy with the great ambition of becoming a naval soldier and going to war. Either I die from this festering wound - because I refuse to have my arm amputated - or I recover from it and continue being a soldier. I have a one-in-two chance, and I shall bet my life on it!
Isoroku Yamamoto
Life
War
Great
My Life
Ambition
Soldier
Entered
Wound
Bet
Shall
Recover
Arm
Because
Becoming
Continue
Die
Going
Refuse
Being
Either
Naval
Navy
Amputated
Chance
If a war breaks out with the United States, the navy will have to put all its strength into interceptive operations, so... massive sea-borne supplies might be momentarily interrupted.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
Strength
Will
States
Out
Put
Supplies
Massive
Operations
Breaks
Might
Momentarily
Navy
United
United States
Interrupted
As long as tides of war are in our favor, the United States will never stop fighting. As a consequence, the war will continue for several years, during which materiel will be exhausted, vessels and arms will be damaged, and they can be replaced only with great difficulties.
Isoroku Yamamoto
War
Great
Will
Long
Exhausted
Fighting
Difficulties
Our
Several
States
Favor
Only
Never
Never Stop
Tides
Arms
Continue
Years
Replaced
Stop
Which
United
United States
Consequence
Damaged
I was once the captain of Akagi, and it is with heartfelt regret that I must now order that she be sunk.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Regret
Once
Must
Sunk
She
Heartfelt
Order
Captain
Now
Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.
J. F. C. Fuller
Enemy
Air
Through
Hacking
Pieces
Brain
Warfare
Shot
Body
In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.
J. F. C. Fuller
War
Army
World
Witness
Ending
Men
Nothing
Telephone
Battalion
Dreadful
More
Leading
Talking
Boxes
Commander
Than
Sitting
Improvised
Place
Chain
Actual
Starting
World War
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