Military Quotes

Take calculated risks.

— George S. Patton

Offense is the essence of air power.

— Henry H. Arnold

My dad is military and law enforcement.

— Brittney Griner

Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.

— Lord Byron

Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Love is a kind of military service

— Anonymous

To have more, you must first be more.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Paperwork will ruin any military force.

— Chesty Puller

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

— Gloria Swanson

When you're in the military, you get accustomed to sleep deprivation.

— Charlie Murphy

Strike hard and fast and do not separate.

— Heinz Guderian

But even before I was in the military, I was extremely jumpy when asleep.

— Chris Kyle

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

You can’t solve a spiritual problem with a military or political solution.

— Jonathan Cahn

I have drawn a very close bond to all the military people.

— Toby Keith

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.

— Colin Powell

If you look at military and intelligence positions from the 1950s, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been against American national interests.

— Anonymous

No man can be a Christian and a soldier at the same time, for the two ideas are wholly incompatible.

— Anonymous

We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality.

— Sadao Araki

Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts

— George S. Patton

“Those of us who have never been in the military don’t understand what it is like to serve in the military.”

— Gina Barreca

“He committed the crime of stupidity while under my command," said Citizen. "Oh my," said Rigg. "They're handing out the death penalty…

— Orson Scott Card

“The military is not so much a job, it is more of a legally assisted suicide program.”

— Steven Magee

There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to…

— Harry Browne

Arms is a profession that, if its principles are adhered to for success, requires an officer do what he fears may be…

— Stonewall Jackson

In 2009, US President [Barack] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there…

— Vladimir Putin

If you look at all the lobbyists in Washington, this is not a democracy. This is ruled by special interest groups. That…

— Deepak Chopra

During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The…

— Ike Skelton

A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for…

— Isoroku Yamamoto

The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we…

— Janis Karpinski

I am not talking about the American people and the British people, I am talking about those mercenaries. ... They have started…

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

“Korea is often called the “Land of the Morning Calm.” It’s a country where you notice the filth and the smog on…

— Tucker Elliot

The most fundamental paradox is that, if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use…

— Ronald Reagan

“I don't really remember making a decision. I don't remember thinking to myself, "Yes, I will do this," or, "No, I will…

— Stephen Dau

An essential part of any successful action on the part of the United States is an understanding on the part of the…

— George C. Marshall

I've always had the fantasy of doing a boot camp for a military film, at some point. I've always wanted to know…

— Seth Gabel

On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they [the Colonies] raised their flag against a power to…

— Daniel Webster

Alexander's achievement was not the conquest of India, but the feat of actually getting there and his two years in India were…

— Karen Armstrong

Compare and contrast: Donald Trump is going out thanking the voters who supported him. You look at his cabinet picks. They are…

— Rush Limbaugh