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A soldier is a general English term that refers to a member of a land component of national armed forces. In most societies of the world, "soldier" is also a general term for any member of the land forces including commissioned or non-commissioned officers. The word soldier is derived from an Old French word, itself a derivation of Solidarius, Latin for someone who served in the armed forces for pay, as opposed to warriors in tribal society where every grown man is automatically a member of his... full article at wikipedia

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Abraham Simpson	The Simpsons
Aeryn Sun	Farscape
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Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.	Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.	Douglas MacArthur
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract.	Abraham Lincoln
I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.	Thornton Wilder
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.	George S. Patton
A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color.
So, as you go into battle, remember your ancestors and remember your descendants.	Tacitus
I want to see you shoot the way you shout.	Theodore Roosevelt
I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating.	Mark Twain
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.	Thomas Jefferson
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