Air power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
There hasn't been a military force like the United States of America in the history of the world. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . . — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Germany is too big to sit on the sidelines on world issues. Military force is not the ultima ratio it used to… — Frank-Walter Steinmeier Copy Share Image
America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal. — Lincoln Chafee Copy Share Image
If you don’t have a good idea of what to do next after using military force, then don’t use it in the… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
For me, Sun Tzu's statement that military force is based upon deception is an extraordinary statement. — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
he'd know that I think that . . . well, that bending an enemy's will through military force is the absolute last… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs --… — Linus Pauling Copy Share Image
If you are going to use military force, then you ought to use overwhelming military force. Use too much and deliberately use… — Curtis LeMay Copy Share Image
The requirement for military force is clear when looking at the first of the nine points agreed in Vienna, which states that… — Crispin Blunt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
The military forces of the revolutionary adversary are diffuse. One is never sure whether one has destroyed them unless one is ready… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
“if there is one lesson the Army has learned (or re-learned) in the past twelve years of war, it is this: the… — Gordon Chang Copy Share Image
Influence is best measured not only by military hardware and GDP, but also by other people's perceptions that we, the United States,… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
We don't have any intention whatsoever to use military force to solve the Palestinian problem. But when it comes to terror -… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
The problem is that Iran has been identified as a dangerous enemy, and the longer the media forwards that proposition - and… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Deterrence failed completely as a guide in setting rational limits on the size and composition of military forces, spurring an insatiable arms… — George Lee Butler Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what they're all going to face, whichever one of them becomes president on January 21st of 2009. They will… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is clear that military force and our policy of preemption are alone insufficient to make us safe. But help is on… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
(President Nixon,) in the face of a vote to impeach he might try, as "commander-in-chief", to use military forces to keep himself… — Carl T. Rowan Copy Share Image
We have an authorization to use military force against terrorists. We passed it after 9/11. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man! — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For interests that are vital to the U.S. - that is, essential for our survival and wellbeing - the U.S. should be… — Graham T. Allison Copy Share Image
The two things that could have been better is number one, to get major military force into the community almost immediately to… — Warren Rudman Copy Share Image
The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
European countries need to make more of a contribution in terms of defence capabilities. It is not fair?to keep turning to our… — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
The amount of military force necessary to provide reassurance depends on how dangerous people think the world is. And that I think… — Michael Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a… — Gunther Blumentritt Copy Share Image
Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an… — Barbara Lee Copy Share Image
I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
Without you [the military forces], we wouldn't be here. I don't think you've been given the respect that you deserve. I don't… — Donald Trump 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
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
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