Probook 12 (quotes)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States I | I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense. |
| Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States II | I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist. |
| Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States III | If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and to aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy. |
| Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States IV | If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information nor take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way. |
| Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States V | When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability, I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause. |
| Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States VI | I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America. |
| Major General John M. Schofield, USA (from his graduation address to the West Point class of 1879) | "The discipline which makes the soldiers of a free country reliable in battle is not to be gained by harsh or tyrannical treatment. On the contrary, such treatment is far more likely to destroy than to make an army. It is possible to impart instruction and give commands in such a manner and such a tone of voice as to inspire in the soldier no feeling but an intense desire to obey, while the opposite manner and tone of voice cannot fail to excite strong resentment and a desire to disobey. The one mode or other of dealing with subordinates springs from a corresponding spirit in the breast of the commander. He who feels the respect which is due to others, cannot fail to inspire in them respect for himself, while he who feels, and hence manifests disrespect towards others, especially his subordinates, cannot fail to inspire hatred against himself." |
| Edgar F. Puryear Jr. | When a man has strong qualities of leadership, but is of low moral character, there is always the danger that his subordinates will be influenced by his bad characteristics, to the detriment of the leader and of the group. But if the leader is a man of strong qualities of leadership and high moral character, he will endure and he will achieve better results. |
| General George C. Marshall (on credit) | There is no limit to the good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit. |
| German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel (on being an example) | Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself and let your troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide. |
| Preamble to the Constitution of the United States | We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America. |
| William Penn | No man is fit to command another that cannot take care of himself. |
| Father Dennis Edward O'Brien's Quote | "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag." |
| Altimeter Check | "Sir, my altitude is 7,258 feet above sea level - far, far above that of West Point or Annapolis." |
| German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel (on demands) | "War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises." |
| Italian Air Martial Giulio Douhet | "Victory smiles on those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after the changes occur." |
| President John F. Kennedy (Inaugural Address, 20 Jan 1961) | "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival of success and liberty." |
| Anonymous | While you are resting someone somewhere else is training, and when you meet you will find yourself lacking. |
| John Stuart Mill | "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." |
| General Colin L. Powell, USA | "The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow." |
| General George S. Patton Jr., USA (on plans) | "A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan next week." |
| General Robert E. Lee | "Duty then, is the sublimest word in the English language. You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more. You should never wish to do less." |
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