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Only very young soldiers and head-cases object to boredom in war-time.

— George MacDonald Fraser Quartered Safe Out Here (1992)

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That political correctness should have become acceptable in Britain is a glaring symptom of the country's decline.

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There are few sounds as menacing as a bayonet being fixed.

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Certainly no general [Slim] ever did more with less; in every way, he was one of the great captains.

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Whoever said that Russia was an enigma inside a something-or-other inside something else, was dead right. I don't understand the place yet.

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I must emphasise that at private soldier level you frequently have no idea where you are, or precisely how you got there, let alone why.

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