Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
1. "Hindus shouldnāt make the mistake of considering Indian Muslims any different from the Pakistani Muslims. If India dare attack Pakistan, then all the 25 crore Indian Muslims will join the Pakistan Forces and fight against India!"- Asaduddin Owaisi, Member of Parliament, MIM, Hyderabad.
2. "Hindus do not have any rights to vote in Arab land, Pakistan or any one of the 56 Islamic nations. I challenge, have even a single Hindu the strength (guts) to impose restrictions on our (Muslims) voting rights in India?" - Maulana Badarrudin Ajmal, Loksabha Sansad, AIUDF, Assam.
3. "In Hyderabad, our Muslim population have crossed 50% and now we are in a majority. Therefore I demand the administration to impose restrictions on the celebration of the Hindu festivals such as Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti. In the Bhagya Lakshmi temple near Charminar, we have already shown our strength by stopping the ringing of the bell/gong. We Muslims will ensure that this temple is also destroyed!" - Akbaruddin Owaisi, Sansad, Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Musalmeen, (AIMIM), Hyderabad, India.
4. "I regret the continuing of massacre of Hindus and Buddhists in Bangladesh, but Bangladesh is an Islamic nation and not secular. Now the Muslims are in majority here. Under the circumstances if Hindus and Buddhists want to live safely, they should either convert to Islam or go to India!" - Begum Khalida Zia, President, Bangla National Party.
5. "Hindu Leaders may wear a Muslim cap any number of times, but we Muslim leaders will never put on a Tilak. Let the Hindus give any amount of respect to our namaaz, but we're Muslims will surely boycott Vande Mataram because in Islam both Secularism and Patriotism are haram (prohibited/unclean)!"- - Azam Khan, Leader of Samajwadi Party, U.P.
6. "Muslims have ruled India for 1100 years. Lakhs of Hindus were beheaded. Crores of Hindus were converted into Islam. We divided India and snatched Pakistan and Bangladesh. We demolished 2000 temples and converted these into mosques. It is out of our fear that Hindus even today chant, 'Hindu Muslim Bhai Bhai!' This is the strength of Islam!" - Zakir Nayek, Mumbai.
7. "Let the Hindus consider a cow as a mother, even then we Muslims will surely cut the cows because cow sacrifice is the Muslim's religious right. Allah demands sacrifice. Muslims donāt fight an oral war; we do everything directly with our might. We are not afraid of any ruler or Government because we the Muslim community have already grown sizeably. If any motherās son intervenes, we will deal with him, but we will certainly cut Cows!"
- Nuroor Rahman Barkati, Shahi Imam, Tipu Sultan Masjid, Kolkata, India.
8. "In the face of our strength (might), Hindus are unable to build even a single Ram Temple in their own Country. Do Hindus have the spunk to even stall the construction of a Mosque in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or any one of the 56 Islamic countries?"<
- Maulana Saiyad Ahmad Bukhari, Shahi Imam, Jama Masjid, Delhi.
9. "Hindus donāt have the spunk to stop infiltration (illegal) of our Bangladeshi Muslim brothers into Assam. We will continue to come (infiltrate)!"
- Maulana Badarrudin Ajmal, Loksabha Sansad, AIUDF, Assam.
