5 Quotes & Sayings By Ralph Peters

Ralph Peters is a U.S. Army officer, military analyst, and bestselling author. He is currently teaching history at West Point, where he has also served as chairman of the Department of History for twenty-five years. His previous books include the New York Times bestsellers The American Military and Defending America: Reflections of Men in Service (both with Col Read more

David Hackworth). His most recent book is The War Against the Terror Masters: The Fall of the American Empire (published in July 2007 by Simon & Schuster). He was awarded the Silver Star during his four months of service in Vietnam.

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The M-1 is the best tank in the world, if you can get it to the war in time, if you have a Saddam Hussein who'll give you seven months to move your forces in. Ralph Peters
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The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul. Ralph Peters
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Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us. Ralph Peters
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so. Ralph Peters