Military Quotes · Page 87

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

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians.

— Theodore C. Sorensen

I'd be all for everybody keeping their sidearms if they're in the military and on a military installation. That's something we need…

— Louie Gohmert

We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

— Ron Paul

In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to…

— Linda Chavez

If military action in Iraq is launched without a new U.N. resolution, Canada will not participate.

— Jean Chretien

We will have to want peace, want it enough to pay for it, before it becomes an accepted rule.

— Eleanor Roosevelt

We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and…

— Chester W. Nimitz

I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get…

— Peter Berg

My husband's family is military. Preparation is just, from that family perspective, it's just a part of what makes sense to do.…

— Sarah Wayne Callies

I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's…

— Colin Powell

We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the…

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England…

— Richard Cobden

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up…

— Anthony Hopkins

We've given Iraq a chance. Now they need to stand on their own. This is a 1,400-year-old conflict, and unless we are…

— Rick Nolan

If democracy succeeds in Egypt, other countries will follow. Should the democratic experiment in Egypt be hijacked by the military or anti-democratic…

— David Ignatius

Judging by their positions at the time, rather than their post hoc allegations, Democrats adored the Soviet Union. Congressional Democrats repeatedly opposed…

— Ann Coulter

It's instructive to consider the more spectacular and well-known falls from grace of leaders in the public eye... In the main, the…

— Peter Cosgrove

There is a residual sense for me, having grown up in the early '70s, that I did not know I had, which…

— Stephen Colbert

Instead of ending U.S. military aid to the 23rd wealthiest country to use for its consistent violations of international law and human…

— Phyllis Bennis

We also need to look at precedent before making these decisions. Instead of listening to Muammar Qaddafi's rhetoric, we should look at…

— Michael Hastings

In terms of my own plans, I anticipate supporting one of the three, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio or John Kasich as our…

— Mitt Romney

How do you think policing is in places like China, or North Korea? Whatever we experience, in terms of our policing, I…

— Immortal Technique

The North Korean Communists are implacably pursuing their military buildup in defiance of the international trend toward rapprochement and of the stark…

— Jimmy Carter

After living on the edge, the adrenalin, some people in the military get addicted. Anything else seem boring. They have to have…

— Timothy McVeigh

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

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

I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines...imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the "Old Corps."

— Joshua R. Sands

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

— Patrick Henry

I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.

— Cindy Sheehan

The military state is the final form to which every planned economy tends rapidly.

— Isabel Paterson

I have the utmost confidence that through your efforts we will eventually beat the hell out of those bastards - You name…

— George S. Patton

“Take your time. Stay away from the easy going. Never take the same way twice. Gunny Arndt's rules for successful reconnaissance; Guadalcanal 1942”

— GYSGT Charles C. Arndt

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

— Jonathan M. Wainwright

Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.

— Henry A. Kissinger

Without a doubt, psychological warfare has proven its right to a place of dignity in our military arsenal.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower