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Loyalty to your comrades, when you come right down to it, has more to do with bravery in battle than even patriotism does. You may want to be brave, but your spirit can desert you when things really get rough. Only you find you can't let your comrades down and in the pinch they can't let you down either.

— 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)

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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.

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