Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954) Current President of Egypt
Remarks by el-Sisi on Sinai liberation celebrations day (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1xN8LUYG4. <br class="br">2013
Song lyrics, Modern Times (2006), Thunder on the Mountain
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (1954) Current President of Egypt
Remarks by el-Sisi on Sinai liberation celebrations day (28 April 2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x1xN8LUYG4. <br class="br">2013
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) English short-story writer, poet, and novelist
Back to the Army Again, refrain (1894).
The Seven Seas (1896)
“All of us recruits are equal in the eyes of the Army: low as you can go.”
Garth Nix (1963) Australian fantasy writer
Source: The Keys to the Kingdom series, Sir Thursday (2006), p. 151.
“I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay.”
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Madonna, People, 1992-07-27 http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20113175,00.html,
James W. Loewen (1942) American historian
2015, What Does Rockville, Maryland's Confederate Monument Tell Us About the Civil War? About the Nadir? About the Present? (July 2015)
Context: The Thin Grey Line' came through Montgomery and Frederick counties at least three times, en route to Antietam in 1862, Gettysburg in 1863, and Washington in 1864. Lee's army expected to find recruits and help with food, clothing, and information. This did not happen, although the army did kidnap every African American it came upon, dragging them back into Virginia as slaves. In a further irony, on the courthouse grounds not far from the Confederate monument, a historical marker tells of J. E. B. Stuart's 1863 raid nearby, in which he captured 'as many as a hundred' African Americans and enslaved them, but they are invisible. The marker only mentions the capture of '150 U. S. wagons'. During the first invasion, Maryland residents greeted Union soldiers 'as liberators' when they came through on their way to Antietam, according to historian William F. Howard. During the last invasion, when Confederate cavalry leader Jubal Early came through, he demanded and got $300,000 from the leading merchants of Frederick, lest he burn their town, a sum equal to at least five million dollars today.
“All through your Army careers, you men have bitched about what you call "chicken shit drilling."”
George S. Patton (1885–1945) United States Army general
That, like everything else in this Army, has a definite purpose. That purpose is alertness. Alertness must be bred into every soldier. I don't give a fuck for a man who's not always on his toes. You men are veterans or you wouldn't be here. You are ready for what's to come.
Speech to the Third Army (1944)
John Dryden book Fables, Ancient and Modern
The First Book of Homer's Ilias
Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700)
Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
John Boehner, when asked his opinions on Ted Cruz during an appearance at Stanford University. http://www.stanforddaily.com/2016/04/28/john-boehner-talks-election-time-in-office/