Military Quotes · Page 23

Only the dead will know the end of the war.

— Plato

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

— Groucho Marx

There is no military solution to the challenges of Syria.

— David Petraeus

War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.

— Georges Clemenceau

My men have sometimes failed to take a position, but to defend one, never!

— Stonewall Jackson

Take me to the Brig. I want to see the "real Marines".

— Chesty Puller

We must conquer war or war will conquer us.

— Ely Culbertson

There is nothing better than getting shot at and missed. It's really great.

— Anonymous

“I wanted that future officer to weigh decisions with a supple mind and to be comfortable with nuance and uncertainty. ”

— Craig M. Mullaney

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good…

— Pat Conroy

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

— Merritt A. Edson

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice.

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.

— Aaron McGruder

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

— Lord Mountbatten

When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.

— Epitaph Of Leonard P Matlovich

A lady whispers to her soldier, "You can call me rain, because all I ever did is to fall for you.."

— Anonymous

The easiest and quickest path into the esteem of traditional military authorities is by the appeal to the eye, rather than to…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements…

— Douglas R. Oberhelman

America's leadership and prestige depend, not merely upon our unmatched material progress, riches and military strength, but on how we use our…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the 1990s, Islamists in Algeria won elections like the Brotherhood did in Egypt. The Algerian military refused to allow the Islamists…

— Richard Engel

The most racist, nastiest act by the USA, after human slavery, was the bombing of Nagasaki. Not of Hiroshima, which might have…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Few things are more damaging to our democracy than a military officer who doesn't have the moral courage to stand up for…

— Michael Mullen

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders.…

— Ahmed Ben Bella

We don't have a crime problem, a gun problem or even a violence problem. What we have is a sin problem. And…

— Mike Huckabee

My hope is to get young people to think about ways that they can translate hip-hop's great cultural movement into political power…

— Bakari Kitwana

I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel…

— Benjamin Harrison

I would like to see more of a democratic opening on the island of Cuba, things like, I don't know, free press,…

— Marco Rubio

Our guys working this area for a living all believe Chalabi and all those guys in their Bond Street suits are charlatans.…

— Scott Ritter

“I asked my dad once if his high school teachers began treating kids differently during Vietnam, when they knew some of their…

— Tucker Elliot

The pre-war empire had been sufficiently informal and sufficiently cheap for Parliament to claim authority over it without having to concern itself…

— Linda Colley

“He is no ordinary man. He surpasses any man I have met. His heart is so genuine and caring. He has guided,…

— Carl Busby Sr

This is our problem, our dilemma, yes? We cannot celebrate and declare ourselves to belong to the victorious nations because our brothers…

— Manfred Rommel

Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.

— Anonymous

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

— Ferdinand Foch

Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.

— Frederick The Great

I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.

— Woodrow Wilson

The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about.

— Alexander Suvorov

Whenever I deal with children or the military, that becomes special to me.

— Robert Irvine

When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Don't forget, incoming fire has the right of way.

— Clint Smith