If you look at Victorian England, being a soldier was considered a noble profession.
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Soldiering is a very important profession, is it not?
Victorian values meant brutalizing people who were often poor.
I'm a person who's always been interested in politics and thought it was a very noble occupation.
There's nobility in hard work, traditional values.
My heroes are the non-commissioned officers. If I had another life that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.
The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.
When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.
A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
Do you know what a soldier is, young man? He's the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war.
I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think there has ever been a people in the world who displayed a heroism as discreet, as mundane and as universal.
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