Military Quotes · Page 58

They are still trying to bomb with artillery and rocket-propelled grenades to hit the Republican Guard who are controlling Saddam International Airport.

— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.

— Robert E. Lee

Some people just join the military because they need college money. Then they're idiots and college wasn't going to help.

— Doug Stanhope

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.

— Colin Powell

I decided to join the military to give back to my country and help pay for college.

— Steve Stivers

I've had marriage proposals, invitations to military balls and even a few prom offers from 18-year-old boys.

— Hope Solo

The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, 'The elite of this country.' I think it is the…

— William Halsey

The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously,…

— Mark Riebling

The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think…

— Michael Mandelbaum

Multiple political parties are a fact of life throughout Europe and most of the West. Today the only countries without strong multiparty…

— Thomas Naylor

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove…

— Vaclav Havel

On the battlefield, (the U.S. war in Iraq) cannot be considered a success. It's a struggle. We're doing what we can to…

— Robert S. Beecroft

My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military…

— Marcia Gay Harden

Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications…

— Winston Churchill

I come from a small town and I come from a background where we didn't have money to travel. I thought I'd…

— Chris Isaak

Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of…

— William McKinley

Democrats are channeling their frustration with America's imminent military victory in Afghanistan into hysterical opposition to reasonable national security measures at home.…

— Ann Coulter

When we ponder that vast throng who have died honorably defending home and hearth, we contemplate those immortal words, 'Greater love hath…

— Thomas S. Monson

“HYPERAROUSAL After a traumatic experience, the human system of self-preservation seems to go onto permanent alert, as if the danger might return…

— Judith Lewis Herman

Student debt is structured to be a burden for life. The indebted cannot declare bankruptcy, unlike Donald Trump. Current student debt is…

— Noam Chomsky

So [Donald ] Trump gave a speech on national security and military affairs to a military-themed audience in Philadelphia, and there was…

— Rush Limbaugh

We made a sacred covenant to follow the Creator's life plan at all times, which includes the responsibility of taking care of…

— Thomas Banyacya

“The Air Force is not a social actions agency. The Air Force exists to fight and win wars. That's our core expertise;…

— Gen. R. R. Fogelman

We will build our military forces to a level that will be, I believe, stronger than ever before if I become President…

— Donald Trump

We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.

— Ger Duany

The strength of our military relies greatly on the mental well-being of our service members.

— Anna Paulina Luna

The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's…

— Trent Lott

Former President Donald Trump freed U.S. military commanders from unsound Obama-era constraints and enabled our troops to militarily defeat the ISIS caliphate.

— Bill Hagerty

Conscription is the vitality of a nation, the purification of its morality, and the real foundations of all its habits

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— F. Murray Abraham

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.

— Winston Churchill

The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.

— Evo Morales

Almost every profession has an outstanding training ground. The military has West Point, music has Juilliard, and the culinary arts has The…

— Craig Claiborne

Growing up, I was told I could be anything I wanted to be. There were no limitations restraining me just because I…

— Martha McSally

With the exception of the military industrial complex, we all want a more peaceful world.

— Ron Paul

Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but…

— Bill Shuster

For pleasure, I'll read military sf, or Elmore Leonard capers, anything that's fast and fun. Otherwise, I mostly pick at books, without…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

Our enemy sees us clearly. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: If democracy develops here, if we…

— Bill Vaughan

In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly, but westward, look, the land is bright.

— Arthur Hugh Clough