Military Quotes · Page 37

I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new-one which I, who have spent so much…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In the year 1090, there was founded in Persia the religious and military order of the Assassins, whose history is one of…

— Harry J. Anslinger

Military folk," Neal said with exaggerated patience, shaking his head. "The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them…

— Tamora Pierce

Odyssey Dawn? That's not a military operation. That's a Carnival Cruise ship.

— Stephen Colbert

We have strong statistical evidence that shows that transgender people are twice as likely as their fellow citizens to join the military,…

— Allyson Robinson

I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got…

— Robert Crippen

She doesn't like Velcro or uncomfortable fabric against her while she tries to sleep unless shes cuddling with her soldier the last…

— Anonymous

There's always a balance, I think, any administration has to find in not just the military but in any agency of government.

— Chuck Hagel

To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by…

— Barbara Boxer

Peace is only possible if men cease to place their happiness in the possession of things which cannot be shared.

— Julien Benda

Peace is a militant state, which is not secured by wishful thinking. . . . If we are to be sure of…

— Jonathan M. Wainwright

I'm completely opposed to the idea of becoming accustomed to foreign military campaigns.

— Guido Westerwelle

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

— Ferdinand Marcos

We, the great American nation, decided that we've got 138 military bases around the world and we've now figured out that we…

— Roger Waters

The situation of having to belong to a state to which one does not wish is no less onerous if it is…

— Ludwig von Mises

Artillery conquers and infantry occupies.

— J. F. C. Fuller

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

— F. Murray Abraham

The Islamic State has proven that terrorists can seize and deploy modern military equipment on lesser-armed opponents.

— Pete Hoekstra

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

— Robert E. Lee

I'd like to have two armies: one for display with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering generals, and dear…

— Jean Larteguy

It's clear that the United States has more to give the world than military bases.

— Cynthia McKinney

I am grateful for all the military families that I've met. I wanted to spread hope and cheer to all; little did…

— Wynonna Judd

You really can't blame the military for wanting to go to war [in Iraq]. They've got all these new toys and they…

— Andy Rooney

[On the Internet and activism:] The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or…

— Gloria Steinem

I stand at the altar of murdered men, and, while I live, I fight their cause.

— Florence Nightingale