Military Quotes · Page 62

I'm going to be honest: I know a lot less about economics than I do about military and foreign policy issues. I…

— John McCain

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Air Force interceptors still pursue Unidentified Flying Objects as a matter of national security to this country and to determine technical aspects…

— Joe W. Kelly

“You could hardly find an entity more at odds with military discipline than a Trump organization.”

— Michael Wolff

“We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over…

— Jake Wood

“To be in the Army, you need to be smart or strong, and you privates ain’t either.”

— Joseph Perry Grassi

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

— Alphonse Allais

Military is a great place for a jock. That's the first thing they test you, they test you physically. If you can…

— Ice T

The nearer we come to the full military suppression of the bourgeoisie, the more dangerous becomes to us the high flood of…

— Vladimir Lenin

What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses,…

— Lord Byron

There were definitely dark nights when you're like, 'Maybe joining the military wasn't such a good idea.' But, in a way, it…

— Adam Driver

I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we…

— Albert Wynn

Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions…

— Rick Renzi

In the tradition of Black Hawk Down, Malcolm MacPherson vividly brings to life this harrowing story of courage, pathos, and war at…

— Jay Winik

The real threat to U.S. military power is nuclear proliferation, because if every little country has nuclear weapons it becomes very tricky…

— Immanuel Wallerstein

People who oppose violence often defend strikes, forgetting that strikes are historically every bit as violent as riots. They recast history so…

— Joshua Clover

Industrial production, the flow of resources in the economy, the exertion of military effort in a war theater-all are complexes of numerous…

— George Dantzig

The war industries in many countries and the enormous trade in weapons of all kinds generate corruption and fuel conflict throughout the…

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

The freedoms which had been so hard won from colonial domination were being crushed by Soviet-inspired and funded military and political forces.…

— Augusto Pinochet

My evaluation of President George W. Bush is nothing personal. He's a lovely person. Sadly, I believe he will be remembered for…

— Nancy Pelosi

Under the Barack Obama rules, if you wanted to help the military, if you wanted a pay raise for the soldiers, if…

— Paul Ryan

The simple truth is that there isn't a single civil right I would deny to an evangelical Christian. I've defended their freedom…

— Andrew Sullivan

The first task of the Federal Reserve system would be to finance the World War. The European nations were already bankrupt, because…

— Eustace Mullins

“When military men take over, honest men dance to the strings they pull. Your life is no longer your own.”

— Howard Fast

It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep…

— Colin Powell

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

I don't think that witchcraft is a religion. I wish the military would rethink this decision.

— George W. Bush

We would take millions [of undocumented illegal] if they would serve in the military.

— Eric Bolling

The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand…

— B. H. Liddell Hart

I'm an actor. 99.9% of all actors in the world have been in denial towards the military.

— Pilou Asbaek

If the American military begins to withdrawal, there will be no need for these armed groups.

— Muqtada al Sadr

It's an extraordinary thing to do, to go into the military and to serve your country.

— Kellie Martin

There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide if you are a hunter or a victim.

— James Mattis

Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.

— Chester W. Nimitz

We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.

— Medea Benjamin

[Barack] Obama has betrayed Israel, gutted the military, and apologized on ten world tours.

— Marco Rubio

I think I have a repressed bent for the military, I like discipline without question, specific schedules and duties.

— Anne Desclos

Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy.

— Dilma Rousseff

Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in…

— P. J. O'Rourke