Army Quotes · Page 33

“Being in war itself is a gallant, awards are mere decorations.”

— Pushpa Rana

I built Blackwater to stay connected to the SEAL teams and to serve that whole community.

— Erik Prince

[T]he army of wrongness rampant in the world might as well march over me.

— Truman Capote

My father was an amazing guy. Twenty years in the Navy, great father.

— Rick Harrison

I was always interested in the army, I wanted to get into the army.

— Aditya Dhar

I can't see how a single man could spend his time to better advantage than in the Marines.

— Dan Dailey

I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.

— Jack Adams

I'm in the Army every time I go out into the Field...I feel like a HOBO with a SHOTGUN.

— Terrell Thomas

In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944.

— Gyorgy Ligeti

In spite of certain distressing but isolated occurrences in the last battle, I certainly hoped that the Army would be in a…

— Paul von Hindenburg

In 2001, I was an Air Force lieutenant colonel and A-10 fighter pilot stationed in Saudi Arabia, in charge of rescue operations…

— Martha McSally

The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.

— Regis Philbin

Still, I love a campaign. I'm never happier than when I'm fighting shoulder to shoulder with our growing army of foot soldiers.

— Jess Phillips

I can always guarantee that the Irish Citizen Army will fight but I cannot guarantee that it will be on time

— James Connolly

“Only the Army conducts an annual assessment, and they appear to do relatively little to analyze the problem, contributions to the problem,…

— Carter F. Smith

Many sections are taken up with political discussions and how the way of the ruler, the merchant, the householder, and the army…

— Frederick Lenz

If the chief party, whether it be the people, or the army, or the nobility, which you think most useful and of…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

While we can impart many of the tools of a nation to the Afghan people - economic development, the institutions of a…

— Jake Auchincloss

The CIA teamed up with Army, Air Force and Naval Intelligence to run one of the most nefarious, classified, enhanced interrogation programs…

— Annie Jacobsen

“There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymous production, but the manner…

— George Washington

There was a time in my life when election year was nothing to me, but in 1912, I joined that great army…

— Margaret Case Harriman

My father was an army officer who left the forces when I was six and never really fitted back into civilian life.…

— Monty Don

We are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily on covert means for expanding its sphere…

— John F. Kennedy

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have…

— Henry David Thoreau

If any of you get hernias in this tug-of-war against the Army, I'll pay to get them fixed.

— Robert E. Haebel

The people are like water and the army is like fish.

— Mao Zedong

I have real strong feelings about our troops and support them.

— William Fichtner

It's like being the general of an army [directing a film]. You send people out to die.

— Jennifer Yuh Nelson

There will be no withdrawal without written orders and these orders shall never be issued.

— Sam Manekshaw

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

— Anonymous

“Every solider believes in war till the time he actually fights it.”

— Pushpa Rana

Every day I would come to set [of Swiss Army Man] going like, "How are we going to do this?".

— Daniel Radcliffe

The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms.

— George S. Patton

I was in psychological warfare in World War II, so I know psychological warfare when I see it.

— Stefan Heym

They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.

— Anonymous

My military experience... I can recall so many different emotions from that.

— Jake McLaughlin

The only things those people have that you don't is guts. Do you wanna live forever?

— Merritt A. Edson

No real change in history has ever been achieved by discussions.

— Anonymous

The death of one man is tragic, but the death of thousands is statistic

— Joseph Stalin

My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas.

— George S. Patton