"When Hitler declared war on the United States, he was betting that German soldiers, raised up in the Hitler Youth, would always out fight American soldiers, brought up in the Boy Scouts. He lost that bet. The Boy Scouts had been taught how to figure their way out of their own problems."

-- Stephen Ambrose

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Boys Quotes

“Coaching is an art and I'm not going to let anyone change me.”
“One could write a history of science in reverse by assembling the solemn pronouncements of highest authority about what could not be done and could never happen.”
“I started to read my first book at about the age of six. I started to write a book simultaneously. Not to compete, just to augment. And that's how one starts. Or I started.”
“It [Egypt] has more wonders in it than any other country in the world and provides more works that defy description than any otherplace.”
“One of the flabby lines you hear sometimes is, 'Speak truth to power'. Power knows the truth. It's speaking the truth to yourself that's the challenge.”

Source : "Oregon Book Award Finalist Barry Sanders: The Purposeful Rambler". www.oregonlive.com. April 16, 2011.
“For dash and gallantry the bloodthirsty Scots, Australians and Canadians led the way, with the impetuous Irish close behind. The Australian to my mind were the most aggressive, and managed to keep their form in spite of their questionable discipline. Out of the line they were undoubtedly difficult to handle, but once in it they loved a fight. They were a curious mixture of toughness and sentimentality...”
“How do we get democracy at the international level? That's our problem. and it's essentially the same problem people faced in the 18th Century when they tried to get democracy nationally. Now we need it internationally.”
“Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.”

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