Army Quotes · Page 23

The Army's always had a special place in my heart.

— John M. McHugh

Let my armies be the rocks, and the trees, and the birds in the sky.

— Charlemagne

We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought.

— Saddam Hussein

Uncle fought in Vietnam and then he fought a war all by himself.

— Bob Dylan

If you don't have my army supplied, and keep it supplied, we'll eat your mules up, sir.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

“Some Marauders do do that, but not the smart ones.” Ivy giggles. “I said, doo-doo.”

— S.G. Blaise

I do not believe I could have built FedEx without the skills I learned from the Marine Corps.

— Frederick W. Smith

Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.

— Duke of Wellington

I think death is the aesthetic part of chess, seeing your opponent's army fall. Producing a sacrifice in order to mate is…

— Daniel Naroditsky

After all it was my father who founded the Burmese army and I do have a sense of warmth towards the Burmese…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Armies for the preservation of peace do not exist; they exist only for the triumphant exertion of war.

— Adolf Hitler

The Marine Corps taught me commitment, courage, focus, and a value system that can easily suffice for people like me who aren't…

— Bob Lutz

People have asked me, 'What would you have done if you hadn't gone into the Army?' I'd say I'd probably be a…

— Colin Powell

In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that…

— Karen Hughes

My father enlisted at the age of 17. He lied about his age because he wanted to ride the fastest motorbikes, which…

— Genesis P-Orridge

With regard to military discipline, I may safely say that no such thing existed in the Continental Army.

— Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

The crimes committed against the people of West Papua are some of the most shameful of the past years. The Western powers…

— Noam Chomsky

We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons…

— George S. Patton

I don't want to die and leave a few sad songs and a hump in the ground as my only monument. I…

— George Jackson

While public school history courses in the United States stress the horrors of the German Nazi murder of 6 million Jews and…

— Jonathan Ott

Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be…

— Saint Basil

The World War I, I'm a child of World War I. And I really know about the children of war. Because both…

— Doris Lessing

In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the…

— Larry David

“A woman in combat? Yes. Since when? Since Native American warrior Buffalo Calf Road Woman knocked that prick General George Custer off…

— M.B. Dallocchio

They said I could be anything so I became a soldier.

— Logan Hurst

Wherever wood can swim, there I am sure to find this flag of England.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Get to the ship!” You’d have thought I was back in the army from how fast I obeyed.”

— Rachel Bach

Without discipline the Army would just be a bunch of guys wearing the same color clothing.

— Anonymous

“you've no idea, the whole Army's obsessed with playing at soldiers...”

— Tom Stoppard

Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.

— Samuel Johnson

I did not even know what athletics was; the Army taught me everything.

— Milkha Singh

My daddy served in the army. Where he lost his right eye.

— Toby Keith

I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen.

— Norman Wisdom

I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim.

— Dave Pelzer

We'd also have to infiltrate the army too, because they are well trained to kill us all.

— John Lennon

An army is a diversion of energy from the productive life of a nation.

— Isabel Paterson

Whoever has an army has power, and war decides everything.

— Mao Zedong

The Army War College has been a tradition in central Pennsylvania for years.

— Bill Shuster

I consider not what Parmenio should receive, but what Alexander should give.

— Alexander the Great

In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.

— Zebulon Pike