During World War I the Canadians were the shock troops. In many historical cases, Canadians have been very proficient at killing, and… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections… — Stephen Hadley Copy Share Image
Don't believe stories which you see in the papers about troops asking as a special privilege not to be relieved. We stick… — Harry Yoxall Copy Share Image
Democrats see our voluntary military supported by taxpayer dollars as their personal Salvation Army. Self-interested behavior, such as deploying troops to serve… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
In all these cases, part of the reasons for failure perhaps was not analyzing and assessing the true nature of the crisis,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
From Day One, I've told [my troops] that killing is not wrong if it's for a purpose, if it's to keep your… — Douglas A. Zembiec Copy Share Image
Judges have no actual power of enforcement. They don't have troops to carry out orders. They have no power of the purse.… — Nina Totenberg Copy Share Image
And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
One very difficult decision was deciding to vote against the appropriations bill for the war. I had consistently said that I wanted… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
[Our troops in Iraq and Afganistan] does give us the ability to make sure that we are strengthening those folk who are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We do not want to keep our troops in Afghanistan. We see no military - we seek no military bases there. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This fight has nothing to do with soldierly gallantry or principles of the Geneva Convention. If the fight against the partisans is… — Wilhelm Keitel Copy Share Image
The art of the indirect approach can only be mastered, and its full scope appreciated, by study of and reflection upon the… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When your troops go to war, the prime minister or the president change overnight from an administrator, dealing with taxation and welfare… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
An optimist is somebody who thinks our various political and social systems, schools and churches, support groups and Boy Scout troops, jury… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
Gandhi has more recently recognized the need for continuance of British, American and Chinese efforts in India and has suggested that these… — Stafford Cripps Copy Share Image
I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
People are fond of using military terms to describe what they do. We call it bombing when we go out painting, when… — Banksy Copy Share Image
There has to be a reform within the government that is tangible, that we can actually measure and that we have confidence… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
I left home at 14 and I have friends who joined the navy and the army performing troops at 9. I know… — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
As someone who's spent time with our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan on USO tours and met wounded warriors at Walter Reed… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
New Rule: There is no devil, so stop blaming your screw-ups on him. Last week, one of the biggest evangelical leaders in… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
A strategy would be how do we mobilize support for the remnants of the Syrian Free Army, and it might require combat… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
It was probably not an appropriate term, but we support the war effort and believe we should be supporting our troops and… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside… — Christopher Dodd Copy Share Image
An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There are a lot of self-imposed restrictions by people who somehow believe they have to fall in with a certain military cant.… — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
There's a difference between loyal opposition that has a different view, and those who are advocating a defeatist approach that sends the… — Scott McClellan Copy Share Image
Strange? I don't think that word comes anywhere near it. My troops are on an overnight camp three hundred kilometres away from… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“The best way to support the troops is to not send them off to die in the first place. And the second… — Barry Lyga Copy Share Image
I wanna tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break… — Strom Thurmond Copy Share Image
The Marine Corps has to ask itself, 'What does our nation need from its premier crisis response force?' We are America's shock… — James F. Amos Copy Share Image
Most Americans believe that escalation will not bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end, and that's why I've proposed not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them… — Kurt Student Copy Share Image
We have the smallest navy since 1916, we have the lowest number of troops since the end of the Second World War.… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
Both candidates in this election [2004] pledge to end this war and bring our troops home. The great difference - the great… — John McCain Copy Share Image
I honestly think that it automatically hurts me if I said that I supported the war in Iraq and I support the… — Drew Carey Copy Share Image
The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional… — George Washington Copy Share Image