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«The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.»

Author: Dick Cheney (Vice President) | Keywords: apparent, coalition, Coalitions, criticized, embedded, embedding, military force, military officer, officers, retired

«There is no reason for anyone in this country, anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have, to use a handgun... and the only way to do that is to change the Constitution.»

Author: Michael Gartner | About: Reason | Keywords: handgun, handguns, military officer, officer, police officer, police officers

«EPAULET, n. An ornamented badge, serving to distinguish a military officer from the enemy --that is to say, from the officer of lower rank to whom his death would give promotion.»

Author: Ambrose Bierce (Editor, Journalist, Writer) | Keywords: badge, badges, epaulet, epaulets, lower rank, military officer, military rank, ornamented, promotion, serving

«In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things.»

Author: Edmund Burke (Philosopher, Statesman) | Keywords: army officer, conciliate, conciliating, faction, factions, fluctuation, fluctuations, military officer, mutinous, officers, securing, soldiery

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