Military Quotes · Page 66

This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and…

— William Westmoreland

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

War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual…

— Benito Mussolini

Our safety requires a long-term military presence in the Middle East because that's where the plans to attack us are emanating.

— Rudy Giuliani

The mail service has been excellent out here, and in my opinion this is all that the Air Force has accomplished during…

— Chesty Puller

Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.

— Gautama Buddha

The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion.

— Albert Einstein

If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.

— Robert M. Gates

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

I do not support individual countries taking military action against another country because of its human rights record, or subsequently justifying taking…

— Mary Robinson

Workers are actually being starved on the largest military base in Baghdad, and women are being raped with impunity - and because…

— Sarah Stillman

In Pakistan anti-American protesters set a Kentucky Fried chicken restaurant on fire. The protesters mistakenly thought they were attacking high-ranking U.S. military…

— Jimmy Fallon

Say whatever you want. But the United States has a kickass military and really good bullshit marketing people. If this country was…

— Richard Jeni

The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

My decision to register women confirms what is already obvious throughout our society-that women are now providing all types of skills in…

— Jimmy Carter

The Islamic method of waging war is not to kill innocent civilians, but it was Christians in World War II who bombed…

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that…

— Barack Obama

In a sense, the better you adapt to school the less your chances are of later adapting to the actual world. So…

— Philip K. Dick

No matter how much of our liberty Washington takes away in the name of security, there are no guarantees that there won't…

— Walter E. Williams

Go to a nearby military cemetery and look at the American flags stuck on each grave and think of the person buried…

— Cindy Sheehan

As the wealthiest country with all the blessings that we have, do we have an obligation to help the outside world? I…

— Michael Hastings

Through an unwieldy combination of big government, big military, big business, big labor and big cities, we have created an unworkable mega-nation…

— Thomas Naylor

Chairman Mao creatively applied Marxism-Leninism to every aspect of the Chinese revolution, and he had creative views on philosophy, political science, military…

— Deng Xiaoping

I'm pretty confident the why works now. When it first began, somebody said to me: "Will this work in big business?" I…

— Simon Sinek

I told you about the jet fighters. Well it's like that with so many other things. So we are going to take…

— Donald Trump

What I feel most strongly here being in Congress is kind of the burden - the good burden - of representing all…

— Duncan D. Hunter

But you have to have a vision of what kind of military you are trying to build in order to get the…

— Jessica Mathews

In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting…

— George S. Patton

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.

— Ezra Klein

In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.

— Thomas Gage

Potentially, the U.S. military has the ability to stop messages from being delivered or can alter commands without ISIS knowing.

— Dina Temple-Raston

If we build our military up to Ronald Reagan levels, [Vladimir] Putin's not going to push us anywhere because he can't match…

— Rudy Giuliani

In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in…

— William Tecumseh Sherman

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in…

— Leon Panetta

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our…

— Hillary Clinton

We must train and classify the whole of our male citizens, and make military instruction a regular part of collegiate education.

— Thomas Jefferson

Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.

— Yitzhak Rabin

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on…

— Roseanne Barr

When men find they must inevitably perish, they willingly resolve to die with their comrades and with their arms in their hands.

— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus