Military Quotes · Page 75

If you liked El Salvador, you're going to love Colombia. It's the same death squads, the same military aid, and the same…

— Carlos Salinas de Gortari

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

— Mary McCarthy

During the invasion of Iraq in 2003, the military conducted only a handful of drone missions.

— Michael Hastings

America has the greatest people on earth in our military, but they don't have the right equipment and their equipment is old.

— Donald Trump

I've spent most of my life like most Americans - without any immediate connection to active duty military.

— Brianna Keilar

“Stomach full of jitters, little beasts that were second cousins to guacamolians—little green monsters that wreaked havoc in your stomach.”

— William Kely McClung

“For your own security it’s imperative you blend in with the native population.”

— Tucker Elliot

Congress votes for things the military doesn't want, and planes and other weaponry that cost a lot but don't work.

— Bob Beckel

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the…

— Bob Riley

I was driven when I was younger. Driven at West Point where it was much more competitive in that women were competing…

— Paula Broadwell

America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander…

— Bobby Jindal

Certainly our goal is to leave Iraq, but we can't leave Iraq with our forces until we know that the Iraqi security…

— John Abizaid

There is something about military history that fascinates me. You find that many battles have been lost by people with very good…

— David Cheriton

We know that the decisions we reach will have a profound impact on the communities hosting our military installations, and more importantly,…

— Anthony Principi

Around the world, America's influence has declined while this president [Barack Obama] has destroyed our military, our allies no longer trust us,…

— Marco Rubio

You're taught that you can keep going in the military. Your point of collapse is not what you thought it was. Your…

— Kiesza

The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among…

— Theodore Roosevelt

In no circumstance would the United States or any other nation have the right to mount a military invasion to overthrow another…

— David Cortright

The most successful of the Tartar princes assumed the military command, to which he was entitled by the superiority either of merit…

— Edward Gibbon

“They were worried about keeping military families strong. They were worried about the stress and strain of prolonged military service and how…

— Tucker Elliot

Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear - kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor -…

— Douglas MacArthur

In his second term, [Ronald] Reagan completed the work of his first term - the rich got really rich, everything was deregulated,…

— Kate Clinton

Haven't you heard the Democrats disparage people who sign up? It's something I've never understood. Okay, you don't like the military, fine…

— Rush Limbaugh

I just want to say we support the troops and we love every one of them. Even if they...I know a lot…

— M. Shadows

Distance to love is like the wind to a flame ; It extinguishes the small and ignites the great.

— Anonymous

[On gay ban in the military:] Heroism, I believe, is a trait that does not know race, color, creed, sex, or sexual…

— Dianne Feinstein

I want to stop directing so many of resources to the military budget and focus them here at home. I believe government…

— Cynthia Dill

You don't go after veterans in this country. If there's one thing that's sacrosanct, it is the American military veteran.

— Katy Tur

If the military contractors are out of Afghanistan, Karzai is out 15 minutes later.

— Rachel Maddow

There was no pressure or blackmail from the U.S. I had no idea the military aid was held up.

— Volodymyr Zelensky

[Donald] Trump's establishing his bona fides on military preparedness. No histrionics, just the facts.

— Rush Limbaugh

There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.

— Hari Kunzru

“Our culture has become so obsessed with celebrity that it’s easy to confuse fame with success. They are not the same thing.”

— Daniel Rodriguez

The attack and our response show just how vital Arizona's military bases are to the defense of our country. We need to…

— Jane D. Hull

This will not be a campaign of half measures, and we will accept no outcome except victory.

— George W. Bush

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.

— George B. McClellan

If they listen to the military people, we probably wouldn't be having an ISIS right now.

— Donald Trump

I've served in 25 nations. I've seen where people don't trust their government. We're there. In the military, the last option is…

— Ryan Zinke

What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about, if we can't use it?

— Madeleine Albright

“A country is only as strong as its military, and only as moral as the men who serve in its ranks.”

— Michelle Moran