Colonialism is known in its primitive form, that is to say, by the permanent settling of repressive foreign powers, with an army,… — Ahmed Ben Bella Copy Share Image
He went off and fought in World War II. He had me when he was pretty old, so my dad's a World… — Steven Rinella Copy Share Image
Christian faith is a grand cathedral, with divinely pictured windows. Standing without you see no glory, nor can possibly imagine any. Nothing… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Whenever anyone wants others to do their work they call upon their Altruism. 'Never mind your own needs,' they say, 'Think of… — Andrew Ryan Copy Share Image
I got into boxing for two reasons. One was that my father was a boxer. Secondly when I was young, all healthy… — Brian London Copy Share Image
Every army in the history of the world has always had some deserters, usually much greater than we have today, because once… — Bryan Hilferty Copy Share Image
I was in Korea. I've noticed all my life I see elderly people who have been close to death in an illness… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I had practiced with the team, and the first scheduled game was with the University of Missouri. They made it quite clear… — Jackie Robinson Copy Share Image
There are a lot of guidelines and regulations that come with being a military kid and being raised on a military base.… — John Collins Copy Share Image
Anyone graduating from medical school in 1966 had first to fulfill military service before launching a career. Fiercely opposed to the Vietnam… — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
I had served in the Republic of Korea in the early '80s while I was on active duty as a director of… — James Clapper Copy Share Image
To make a record requires a strategy; it's not just throwing somebody in the studio and seeing how it goes. Some artists… — Tom Corson Copy Share Image
Centralized sounds good ... but the reality is that the National Guard and Army don't have the kind of ties with local… — Peter May Copy Share Image
I can't understand people calling themselves religious and being hateful. If a preacher is preaching hate, to fear God that's not religion,… — Mojo Nixon Copy Share Image
Australian troops had, at Milne Bay, inflicted on the Japanese their first undoubted defeat on land. Some of us may forget that,… — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim Copy Share Image
Most of the boys would come with bits of equipment that their fathers had given them from their war days - helmets,… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Army was always big on Clausewitz, the Prussian; the Navy on Alfred Thayer Mahan, the American; and the Air Force on… — Jim Mattis Copy Share Image
It is still the arena of those who dream of the City of Man and those who envision a City of Things.… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
“In summer months, the concrete gets so blisteringly hot, instructors have to hose it down so the recruits won’t singe their hands… — Rorke Denver Copy Share Image
My job was to make sure the base entrances were secure, that people entering were scanned and cleared, and that people within… — Lacey Evans Copy Share Image
You cannot build up a standing army and then throw it back into a box like tin soldiers. Armies equipped to the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
My father was furious with me, absolutely furious. I'm sure he wouldn't have been so mad if I'd have volunteered to join… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Like any parents, mine wanted me to have a secure job with a regular wage and career prospects. And the one job… — James Blunt Copy Share Image
It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
Kill! Kill! In the German race there is nothing but evil; not one among the living, not one among the yet unborn… — Ilya Ehrenburg Copy Share Image
Memories can bring comfort to the old and infirm, but memories can also be implacable foes, a malicious army of temporal ghosts… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
I have a lot of friends who served in the regular army for a long time. Quite a few of my friends… — Garth Nix Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
... the next war will be a war in which people not armies will suffer, and our boasted, hard-earned civilization will do… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Marx… Lenin… Mao Tse-Tung… These men were animated by the love of brother and this we must believe though their ends meant… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
I spent four years in the Marine Corp, and a big part of the Marine Corp, especially in boot camp, is torture.… — Travis Aaron Wade Copy Share Image
I will say that the difference was that when you're an Army journalist, as opposed to a civilian correspondent covering the military,… — Clarence Page Copy Share Image
The Kurds' achievement was outstanding, both militarily and diplomatically. European governments recognized this and abandoned their resistance to weapons deliveries. Germany, too,… — Ahmed Chalabi Copy Share Image
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Wherever standing armies are kept up, and when the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any color… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have… — Subhas Chandra Bose Copy Share Image
Fathers are always so proud the first time they see their sons in uniform," she said. "I know Big John Karpinski was,"… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image