Military Quotes · Page 55

In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.

— Douglas MacArthur

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

— Franz Grillparzer

In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action

— Winston Churchill

I think there has to be greater heed paid by the Security Council members to military advice.

— Alex Morrison

One year of the world’s military spending equals 700 years of the U.N. budget and equals 2,928 years of the U.N. budget…

— Zainab Salbi

Mistaking Palestinian military weakness for moral innocence seems to further amplify the inattention of journalists to the culture of lies.

— Ilana Mercer

There isn't any air power in the world that can take care of the problem of sectarian divisions.

— Bob Menendez

Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they…

— John J. Pershing

Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden… As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or…

— Tony Blair

If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have…

— Tommy Lee Jones

Usually when Donald Trump wants to keep someone out of military service, he just fakes a doctor's note saying he has a…

— Stephen Colbert

When you are covering a life-or-death struggle, as British reporters were in 1940, it is legitimate and right to go along with…

— Kate Adie

“Lots of people don’t talk about their military service.” “I bet heroes do.” “No. A pretty accurate rule of thumb is the…

— David Baldacci

With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a…

— Gunther Blumentritt

Should we continue to spend billions to subsidize foreign military dictatorships, or should we concentrate on taking better care of the one…

— Pat Paulsen

My siblings and I were raised to honor and cherish those who serve. They are, as my father said, America's most precious…

— Kerry Kennedy

If we wish to be free; if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long…

— Patrick Henry

Democracy is not just freedom to criticize the government or head of state, or to hold parliamentary elections. True democracy obtains only…

— Nawal El Saadawi

The power paradox is that we gain power by advancing the welfare of other people and yet when we feel powerful, it…

— Dacher Keltner

Today, your cell phone has more computer power than all of NASA back in 1969, when it placed two astronauts on the…

— Michio Kaku

There are leaks from the Embassy in Honduras. There was a coup in 2009. Obama broke with most of Latin America and…

— Noam Chomsky

Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes . Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States... strike hard and…

— Craig Rosebraugh

“He said: 'You don't understand. We never thought that we were being used to conquer people. Not at all: we thought the…

— Amitav Ghosh

Tax the rich. End the wars. Break the power of lobbies in Washington. These are the demands of Occupy Wall Street. They…

— Jeffrey Sachs

We have every interest in seeing that the military use of nuclear power will be contained.

— Joschka Fischer

Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences.

— Barack Obama

Egypt is the second-largest recipient over a long period of U.S. military and economic aid. Israel is first.

— Noam Chomsky

The men with stars on their shoulders supporting gays serving in the military is going to have a profound impact.

— Norah O'Donnell

I do not recall to [Kim Jong-un], but it was complex. "Dear young leader of the people and chairman of the joint…

— Werner Herzog

I've seen incredible acts of humanity in the military because people put themselves aside, and it's about the other person.

— Adam Driver

No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy…

— Winston Churchill

If Boeing got a big head start on the 707 from multibillion-dollar military contracts to develop an air force transport, is that…

— Robert Kuttner

We have to be concerned that Russia is also increasing its military influence in Egypt, potentially in Libya, also in Afghanistan.

— Kimberly Zisk Marten

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits

— Anonymous

Any incident could instantly blow up. Both sides [USA and Russia] are modernizing and increasing their military systems, including nuclear systems.

— Noam Chomsky

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

— Winston Churchill

A soldier doesn't fight because he hates the enemy in front of him, he fights because he loves what he left behind.

— Mario Tomasello

Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.

— Orson Scott Card

Understandably, the electorate places great faith in the professional soldiers and strategists that run our military.

— Clive Lewis

I will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.

— Mitt Romney