Famous quotes containing the words american and/or troops:
“My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.”
—Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)