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I was scared before every battle. That old instinct of self-preservation is a pretty basic thing, but while the action was going on some part of my mind shut off and my training and discipline took over. I did what I had to do.

— Audie Murphy

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It’s not how long, but how well one lives that matters the most.

Dedication address at the Alabama War Memorial Ceremony (1968)

War robs you mentally and physically, it drains you. Things don't thrill you anymore. It's a struggle everyday to find something interesting to do.

I am in favor of no more war but as long as war clouds hover over the earth, as a citizen, I feel we should be prepared for the worst.

I don't know what bravery is, sometimes it takes more courage to get up and run than to stay. You either just do it or you don't. I got so scared the first day in combat I just decided to go along with it.

I feel no qualms; no pride, no remorse. There is only a weary indifference that will follow me through the war.

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