Army Quotes · Page 29

The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile.

— Benito Mussolini

Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God.

— Sydney Smith

Let's face it - selling weapons systems to the Army isn't women's work.

— Judith Love Cohen

War is too important a matter to be left to the military.

— Georges Clemenceau

Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster.

— Chuck Hagel

I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do.

— Simon Raven

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

— Thomas Jefferson

I never talk about shooting anybody, but I do acknowledge I was a member of the IRA, and as a member of…

— Martin McGuinness

Armies are created to protect an established system, not people. In the future, an educated humanity will not stand for war.

— Jacque Fresco

An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in…

— James Madison

It took me 8 years to graduate from undergraduate school because I kept 'communism from your door steps' for 3 1/2 years…

— Dan Pena

The U.S. spent years and years and billions of dollars to build the Iraqi army only to watch it collapse and hand…

— Richard Engel

For me, each Memorial Day brings back memories of those I had the honor of serving with during my 24 years in…

— Michael Waltz

We can all agree that the best part of 'Black Panther' was his female army, the Dora Milaje. They made the movie.

— Jermaine Fowler

The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of…

— Tom Lehrer

My job was to make sure the base entrances were secure, that people entering were scanned and cleared, and that people within…

— Lacey Evans

The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government…

— Hillary Clinton

Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects. And the one job…

— James Blunt

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to…

— Andre Gide

Kill! Kill! In the German race there is nothing but evil; not one among the living, not one among the yet unborn…

— Ilya Ehrenburg

I have a lot of friends who served in the regular army for a long time. Quite a few of my friends…

— Garth Nix

Memories can bring comfort to the old and infirm, but memories can also be implacable foes, a malicious army of temporal ghosts…

— Rick Yancey

When I was in New York after I left the Army, I studied for two years at the American Theater Wing, studied…

— James Earl Jones

“The most important thing is that you go to bed each night believing you raised a hero.”

— Elin Hilderbrand

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

— Duke of Wellington

I received my Greetings from Uncle Sam in May 1943. I applied for the Air Force.

— Desi Arnaz

“Everyone's a knucklehead at one point or another.”

— Raymond Jones

We send young white boys to the Army. We're sending young black boys to the prisons.

— Talib Kweli

Being the daughter of an army officer, I am always punctual.

— Kirron Kher

One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it.

— Sun Tzu

My brother was a captain in the Marine Corps and a very big hero in my life.

— Peter Cullen

All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob.

— Edward Abbey

I went to college. West Point is technically a college.

— Lee Child

I have a whole, whole lot of respect for the men and women that serve our country.

— Sam Hunt

Without a People's army, the people have nothing.

— Mao Zedong

Spies are a most important element in water, because on them depends an army's ability to move.

— Sun Tzu

Treasures and armies do not make a king. A true king is a king within himself.

— Rumi

My father is American and deserted the Vietnam War.

— Joel Kinnaman

This army is our family, and family comes first!

— Anonymous