"The safety of the country is at stake... We must let ourselves be killed on the spot rather than retreat... No faltering can be tolerated today."

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Source : General Joseph Joffre's proclamation, September 6, 1914.

Joseph Joffre

#Country Quotes #War Quotes #Safety Quotes

“Honesty is praised and left in the cold.”
“We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty.”
“With Russia, it is almost similar to China: people there have had it up to here with the West! The Russian people suffered immensely from Western imperialism.”
“When you feel lousy, puppy therapy is indicated.”
“No man can fully understand the meaning of love unless heâ€™s owned by a dog.”
“Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.”
“As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.”

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