J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)/Quotes

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You and your crew fought valiantly across the African Desert and up through Italy... Now you face the supreme test of your steel steed and your fighting mettle!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

He might look like some meaner'n hell boogerman, Jeb-- but he's speakin' the truth. You wait an' see the scum you're up against, you'll be glad of his help right quick!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

I am General Jebediah Stuart of the Confederate cavalry! I have nothing to offer you this day but death -- in the steel of my sabre and the lead of my pistol! Yield or perish, you worthless yellow rabble!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Even a ghost can't break the rules, Jeb! The only time anyone else but you can see me is when he's given the second sight... of the dying!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

No matter how many times you visit the graves of comrades fallen in battle, you can never forget it... It seems like "taps" from an unseen bugler floats eternally... over every military cemetery... The world thinks a ghost is beyond tears... but I know I haven't forgotten... When I see my boys-- the crew of the Haunted Tank-- visit Slim's grave for the first time... during a lull in the fierce fighting...

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

You're going into a battle that will have an audience of only two! I-- and someone you'll recognize! He's the "guardian" of another tank! If you lose-- I will be forced to go back into the shadows forever!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

The rabbit warned you, Jeb Stuart Smith! Before another night-- You're going to hang like a rabbit!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

So you think only you... here on Earth... battle against evil forces? The war never ceases... in light... or in darkness! Who can tell what the end of this day will bring? Have I the strength to face the Hun... again? Have I?

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

There are strange sights in a war! In the smoke and flames of combat-- men see things they try to forget! I ought to know! I'm the ghost of the Haunted Tank! But most startling of all was the battle in which the lives of tank commander Jeb Stuart and his crew depended on the sight of a man who couldn't see!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

If you flee... They'll know you're their enemy... and smash you! Boldness is your only chance... for who will dream a "mouse" will walk into the den of six "tigers"?

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

While I was fighting in my war, far across the ocean... at pretty nearly the same time... a young French soldier was fighting his war. A wound made the young soldier speechless... He silently rocked away the years until he became an old soldier... sitting before a window... in a town where nothing ever happened... waiting... waiting... for what?

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Ho, Jeb Stuart, my namesake! I have come to warn you that fate will surprise you on your mission! For you will have to fight on a different battlefield than you imagine-- for your mission to be successful!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

One you count as your own-- will not be with you at the end of the day! Aye-- that one will be dead!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

You will soon meet someone who will lead you into the fight you're looking for Jeb-- and that fight may be more than you've bargained for, son!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

You're a Judas! Riding in a tank named after Gen. Sherman -- that Union firebrand who set fire to my beloved South and excused himself by saying "War is hell!" The thought of bein' guardian to a Union crew is an insult to a Confederate officer! You've seen the last of me!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Hurry, Jeb... or you will be too late to save those trapped inside the church... who will later be the instruments of saving you!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

There's always a way around, namesake. But even if you find it... before the day ends, you'll be in enemy hands!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Someone else said a long time ago... the Union Army's General Sherman, who opined... War is hell.

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Generals make plans, Jeb...but once the shooting starts, it's out of their hands!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Nothing lasts forever, Jeb... especially wars!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Jeb! Be alert! You're starting a descent into Hell!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Some generals never learn, and their men pay the price in blood!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Sire... I appeal to you as one soldier to another... You have the power to grant my wish! Allow me to aid my wards in combat!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Listen for me in the wind, and you will hear a secret never revealed before... The greatest threats to Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower were not the deadly weapons in the Nazi arsenal... but two students being trained at a very special school half a dozen years before D-Day!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Only soldiers who experience combat could understand what sometimes happens in that twilight world of reality and fantasy. Yet, it's so personal, they'll never want to speak about it.

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

There they are... the Bluecoats I'm to council, fleeing in the Stuart M3 from the enemy! I should've known they'd have no belly for fighting!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Loneliness! That's the price you have to pay... for being in command, Jeb!

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Jeb, the world is filled with winners and losers, but ofttimes even losers win. This day, however, shall losers lose and never be seen again.

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)

Jeb Stuart Smith... my namesake... always remember it is not size nor numbers which count most in the heat of battle... but daring, imagination, courage...

--J. E. B. Stuart (New Earth)