In the various states of society, armies are recruited from very different motives. Barbarians are urged by the love of war; the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Opportunity in war is usually of greater value than bravery... Terrain is often of more value than bravery... Bravery is of more… — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Copy Share Image
Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict. — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Israel is the American watchdog in the Middle East, and that's why the Palestinians remain victims of one of the longest military… — John Pilger Copy Share Image
[Barack] Obama has betrayed Israel, gutted the military, and apologized on ten world tours. — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
My total focus was on building up our military, building up our strength, building up our borders, making sure that China, Japan,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity especially on the situation in Gaza shames us all. It… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The latest developments in Iraq are deeply troubling, but as the United States considers military and diplomatic responses to the actions of… — Sean Patrick Maloney Copy Share Image
We want to get the hell over there. The quicker we clean up this Goddamned mess, the quicker we can take a… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
The current stage does not allow the entrance of everyone into a military conflict, however everyone must be ready for the day… — Ahmed Yassin Copy Share Image
I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am opposed to the military use of animals. I am also opposed to the military use of men. — B. F. Skinner Copy Share Image
Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Battles are won through the ability of men to express concrete ideas in clear and unmistakable language. — Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall Copy Share Image
The reality of Canadian history is that we've been willing to do the important things the world demanded of us: fighting in… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
The Baltic countries are sovereign nations. They have the right to decide which military and political bloc they want to be a… — Sergei Ivanov Copy Share Image
I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution.… — Rafael Cruz Copy Share Image
This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Speaking as a New Yorker, I found it a shocking and terrifying event [9/11], particularly the scale of it. At bottom, it… — Edward Said Copy Share Image