Military Quotes · Page 68

“When our objectives become purely military, we’ve already lost the larger fight.”

— Alexander Freed

If diplomacy has any chance to work, it must be coupled with a credible military threat.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

Germany is prepared to agree to any solemn pact of non-aggression, because she does not think of attacking but only acquiring security.

— Adolf Hitler

War, if reason prevails, is waged to obtain a better peace than that which existed prior to the hostilities.

— Bela Kiraly

Air power is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms.

— Winston Churchill

On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would…

— Barbara Cook

I went through a period when I did military roles and played basically someone who was unfit for military service.

— Michael O'Keefe

We've evolved a lot since 9/11 also, in terms of our law enforcement capabilities, our intelligence capabilities, military, counterterrorism.

— Barack Obama

If you look up 'Intelligence' in the new volumes of the Encyclopeadia Britannica, you'll find it classified under the following three heads:…

— Aldous Huxley

You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, and wipe it clean of life - but if…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

Nobody can ever learn our military's secrets - unless, you know, they happen to have the Discovery Channel. Then, it's pretty easy,…

— Arj Barker

We need to be doing lots of other things with the resources that we have. So economic power works just as well…

— Benjamin Carson

The Book of Revelation has all the authority, in these theological uplands, of military orders in time of war. The people turn…

— H. L. Mencken

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

The Boston bombing provided the opportunity for the government to turn what should have been a police investigation into a military-style occupation…

— Ron Paul

Any communitys arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not…

— Lois McMaster Bujold

In the old days it would have been a relatively simple matter to have checked Hitler's territorial ambitions. All you'd have needed…

— Niall Ferguson

American imperialism has suffered a stunning defeat in Indochina. But the same forces are engaged In another war against a much less…

— Noam Chomsky

[On the Internet and activism:] The danger of the Internet is cocooning with the like-minded online - of sending an email or…

— Gloria Steinem

Military technologies such as Drones, SWAT vehicles and machine-gun-equipped armored trucks once used exclusively in high-intensity war zones such as Iraq and…

— Henry Giroux

THE LONG WALK is a raw, wrenching, blood-soaked chronicle of the human cost of war. Brian Castner, the leader of a military…

— Jon Krakauer

“Sometimes time can play tricks. One moment it idles by, an hour can seem a lifetime, such as when sitting by the…

— M.A. Lossl

Conservative and liberal politicians alike now spend millions waging wars around the globe, funding the largest military state in the world, providing…

— Henry Giroux

We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to…

— Ronald Reagan

China's limited military power is for the sake of preserving national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

— Li Zhaoxing

The allure of military life and its heroic promise seem indestructible, but nothing threatens the romance of war more effectively than war…

— Elizabeth Samet

Rank and file Democrats are very patriotic. They love this country and support the military.

— Dick Mountjoy

We need a new law that owners of SUVs (Sport Utility Vehicles) are automatically in the military reserve. Then they can go…

— Jello Biafra

While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

When I served in the military, I witnessed the lack of self defense and combat training.

— Anna Paulina Luna

The Iraqi people are capable of fighting to the victorious end which God wants... the blood of our martyrs will burn you!

— Saddam Hussein

The world is becoming an immense military base, and that base is becoming a mental hospital the size of the world. Inside…

— Eduardo Galeano

The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people.

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

It seems to me that the Iraqis laid down a lot of the arms that we gave to them. So that doesn't…

— Brad Wenstrup

In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.

— Bob Woodward

Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.

— F. E. Adcock

They [Republicans] assume that military action always shows strength, while avoiding military action always shows weakness. That's just crazy.

— Kevin Drum

And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the…

— Duane G. Carey

An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.

— Ellen Tauscher

I haven't been in the military, but I've known my share of pain. It allows me to sit with someone who's struggling…

— Mary Gauthier