Permanent Service Soldiers

Famous quotes containing the words permanent, service and/or soldiers:

    “The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”
    —Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)

    “Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.”
    —Peregrine, Sir Worsthorne (b. 1923)

    “As soldiers we have few saving graces. Perhaps our willingness to die for what we believe in is all that matters.”
    —Leo V. Gordon, U.S. screenwriter, and Arthur Hiller. Col. Harker (Nigel Green)