Enlisted – Quotes

The mere fact that

The mere fact that [Tommy Atkins] saw himself as a hero, and not as the rough he was, enlisted, more probably, through hunger, and disciplined by fear, tended to make him behave like a hero, as he did on the Ridge of Delhi and in the fog at Inkermann. Esme Cecil Wingfield-Stratford

The search of the

The search of the Holy Grail or the voyage towards a new continent never enlisted so much energy and so much faith as does this pursuit of youth by old age. It is a race not of the fleet but of the most credulous. Elisabeth Marbury

Prudence is a quality

Prudence is a quality incompatible with vice, and can never be effectively enlisted in its cause. Edmund Burke

The British soldiers are

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact – they have all enlisted for drink. Duke of Wellington

When you enlisted into

When you enlisted into the armed forces you swore to support and defend a Constitution that did not yet fully apply to you. You chose to endure the same sacrifices as your fellow comrades in arms to preserve the freedom of a land that was not yet fully yours. You accepted that you might have … Read more

He looked resigned, as

He looked resigned, as though he knew that wretched door–to where? Home? Heaven? Peace?–would never open, and at the same time he seemed resolved, ready to do his bit even though he couldn’t possibly know what sacrifices that would require. Had he been kept here, too–in a place he didn’t belong, serving in a war … Read more

The mere fact that

The search of the

Prudence is a quality

The British soldiers are

When you enlisted into

He looked resigned, as

Some of the best

Is our situation not

As an enlisted sailor,

I’m strictly an enlisted