Military Quotes · Page 33

Valor is the soldier's adornment.

— Livy

[Donald] Trump is speaking in Philadelphia on military matters. He's doing quite well. I want to join a little bit of this…

— Rush Limbaugh

The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

My dad was in the Swedish armed forces, he was always reading up on different weapons from the Americans and Soviets. When…

— Dolph Lundgren

The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary.

— George Bernard Shaw

The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new…

— Ahmed Rashid

All men are by nature conservative but conservatism in the military profession is a source of danger to the country. One must…

— Hyman Rickover

I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.

— Rachel Gibson

I came from a very military, Christian, Southern upbringing.

— Jonathan Majors

You are not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and your life isn't of much…

— John Steinbeck

“I don't have much patience for people who enjoy limitless liberty while decrying those who get their hands dirty to make sure…

— Jule McBride

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I've always had the idea that we were conducting a military operation. It always seemed to me to be in a state…

— Lincoln Kirstein

“This discussion of war then lays the foundation for an understanding of change as a process and as an essential component of…

— John M. House

Across the world, the lack of accountability for the harm to the environment and public health caused by conflict and military activities…

— Widad Akrawi

The information was correct but the interpretations were not.

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

It's quite fun to fight them, you know. It's a hell of a hoot. It's fun to shoot some people. I'll be…

— James Mattis

Just as the world cannot live on wars, so people cannot on revolutions

— Adolf Hitler

If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would…

— William Pitt

Did you follow what [General Yehoshafat] Harkabi wrote? Formerly of the Israeli military intelligence service. Remember him? Did you follow what he…

— Yasser Arafat

The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona's military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to…

— Jane D. Hull

“Where are your free and compulsory schools? Does every one know how to read in the land of Dante and of Michael…

— Victor Hugo

I have the complete support of the military. I personally served in the navy.

— Juan Manuel Santos

I am the most militaristic person but you have to know when to use the military. Or have it so strong that…

— Donald Trump

Some of the American military obviously were thinking in terms of fighting a nuclear war. I was opposed to that.

— Helmut Schmidt