Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Obama behaves like a centrist who leans tentatively left on certain social programs but boldly right on military force and civil liberties. — David K. Shipler Copy Share Image
The application of military force, or the prospect of such application, inhibits terrorist violence. — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
So long as nuclear weapons continue to exist, so will the temptation to threaten others with overwhelming military force. — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
Any time you use military force, you have got to have a clear purpose that military forces can achieve. — Richard N. Haass Copy Share Image
It is true that we are under occupation, but we are not the weaker party. We are the military force which Israel… — Yasser Arafat Copy Share Image
I don't think we need to have an either/or debate about the use of military force - I think you can be… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish extraordinary purposes for our country without having to put our military forces into conflict. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Some members, like Britain and France, are ready, willing and able to take action in Libya or Mali. Others are uncomfortable with… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Any military force should be dictated by the vital national security interests of the United States. And if and when we use… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We need to destroy ISIS in the caliphate. That's - that should be our objective. The refugee issue will be solved if… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
The use of large-scale military force in volatile regions of underdeveloped countries is difficult to do right, has major unintended consequences and… — Dennis C. Blair Copy Share Image
The minute Mr. Putin decided to put his military forces in Syria, I went to see him. And I said, "Look, here's… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military force the ultimate weapons… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It has been very humbling and gratifying to have these men as our role models. Your generation enabled America to close out… — Eric Shinseki Copy Share Image
It is one of history's most mocking ironies that the German customs union, which set out to dominate Europe and conquer Britain… — Enoch Powell Copy Share Image
Right now, where do we stand? Well right at the Russian border, both sides have been taking provocative actions, both sides are… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Before I became President, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, there had been fairly dramatic, and I think excessive, reductions in… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
For, once man is declared 'the measure of all things,' there is no longer a true, or a good, or a just,… — Bertrand de Jouvenel Copy Share Image
In France those absurd perversions of the art of war which covered themselves under the name of chivalry were more omnipotent than… — Charles William Chadwick Oman Copy Share Image
No one will remember that President Obama supported the Arab Spring if it eventually fails and the region collapses back into the… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
Together, we will remain the most ready and capable military force in the world, which is what our nation expects and deserves. — Mark Esper Copy Share Image
A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. — James Madison Copy Share Image
Training a reliable military force that adheres to Western norms and standards is the work of a generation, not a few months. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
Cities can be rebuilt, industries can be rebuilt, what really matters are strategy forces, military forces and the cadres leaders, political, military… — Richard Pipes Copy Share Image
United States has comparative advantage in military force. It tends to react to anything at first with military force, that's what it's… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Military force is irrelevant to many of the most urgent threats we face. If we are to solve our myriad domestic problems… — William Hartung Copy Share Image
The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
[A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
At the same time I think it is absolutely necessary that there be no confusion, no misunderstanding that if the Iraqis.. do… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
As a soldier and combat veteran, I believe American military forces should only be used in the defense and furtherance of our… — Joni Ernst Copy Share Image
The pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not the… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Resort to military force is a first sure sign that we are giving up the struggle for the democratic way of life,… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
The big issue is whether the United States will succeed in its venture of reshaping the Middle East. It is not clear… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Judge candidly what a wretched figure the American empire will exhibit in the eye of other nations, without a power to array… — Oliver Ellsworth Copy Share Image
Our country regularly uses military force, but only a fraction of Americans serve in the military. This means fewer and fewer people… — Phil Klay Copy Share Image
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