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" If I decide to make a career in the army, he said, I would never be rich, but I would live one of the most satisfying lives there was to be had. Then
he warned me that satisfaction would come at a great cost to me and any family I might have. I should never expected to be thanked; a soldier, if he was going to be content, had to understand that no civilian, no government,
sometimes not even the army itself, would recognize the true nature of the scarifies he made. "

Roméo Dallaire , Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda


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Roméo Dallaire quote : If I decide to make a career in the army, he said, I would never be rich, but I would live one of the most satisfying lives there was to be had. Then<br />he warned me that satisfaction would come at a great cost to me and any family I might have. I should never expected to be thanked; a soldier, if he was going to be content, had to understand that no civilian, no government,<br />sometimes not even the army itself, would recognize the true nature of the scarifies he made.