Military Quotes · Page 85

In Critical and baffling situations, it is always best to return to first principle and simple action

— Winston Churchill

The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.

— Franz Grillparzer

One thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score.

— Henry A. Kissinger

In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.

— Douglas MacArthur

It is true that we are under occupation, but we are not the weaker party. We are the military force which Israel…

— Yasser Arafat

In all their wars against the French they [the Americans] never showed such conduct, attention and perseverance as they do now.

— Thomas Gage

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

— Curtis LeMay

Do not forget your dogs of war, your big guns, which are the most-to-be respected arguments of the rights of kings.

— Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

I was raised Catholic. I was confirmed Catholic (received the sacrament of confirmation). Through my military years, I sort of lost touch…

— Timothy McVeigh

I have a cousin who is a spiritual advisor for Native veterans in Canada, so I'm very familiar with the history of…

— Adam Beach

We know that weapons, heavy weapons continue to flow across the border from Russia into Ukraine. And we have now, in recent…

— Susan Rice

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today…

— Solomon Ortiz

See, ma'am, frankly speaking this problem can't be solved by us police or military. The problem with these tribals is they don't…

— Arundhati Roy

Leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect, human understanding, and moral character that enables a person to inspire and control…

— John A. Lejeune

It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive,…

— George Washington

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I…

— Oded Fehr

To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea,…

— George McGovern

“What you don’t know going in is that when you come out, you will be scarred for life. Whether you were in…

— William Guarnere

Conservatives believe that we need to defeat radical Islam not because we want war but because ISIS and other radical Islamist are…

— Marco Rubio

We need to reduce military budgets; raise living standards; engender respect for learning; support science, scholarship, invention, and industry; promote free inquiry;…

— Carl Sagan

Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“{ The resolution of the surviving members of the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry, whom Robert Ingersoll was the commander of, at his funeral…

— Herman E. Kittredge

There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior…

— Alfred Thayer Mahan

We are coming to the times when passive Christianity and passive Christians will cease to exist. There is a maturity, a discipline…

— Rick Joyner

“He had made a vow to defend his country against all enemies, foreign and domestic. He’d never expected to fight unknown beings…

— Lisa Carlisle

Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished

— Stonewall Jackson

“My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.”

— Ferdinand Foch

You should never take military intervention off the table. When you do so, you give an out to a rogue nation or…

— Kyrsten Sinema

We will not capitulate - no, never! We may be destroyed, but if we are, we shall drag a world with us…

— Adolf Hitler

In war the only sure defense is offense, and the efficiency of the offense depends on the warlike souls of those conducting…

— George S. Patton

The United States does not view our authority to use military force against Al Qaeda as being restricted solely to 'hot' battlefields…

— John O. Brennan

Just draw on your grit; it's so easy to quit - It's the keeping your chin up that's hard.

— Robert W. Service

“Foreshadowing: Was my challenging Allah to unleash the full weight of his fury upon us, with dark clouds looming in the distance.”

— Adam Fenner

We're going to rebuild our military. Our military is depleted. Our military is frankly, our military is in trouble.

— Donald Trump

I'm not a representative of the military establishment. I came in with the Reagan Administration in 1981 as a presidential appointee.

— Fred Ikle

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.

— Anonymous

To me, there's only 5 real jobs in America: Police Officers, Teachers, Firefighters, Doctors, and the Military Service.

— Charles Barkley

From their maneuvers and their terrific speed I am certain their flight performance was greater than any aircraft known today.

— Frank Herman Schofield

The De Bernieres were very military. I broke the military tradition but I was terribly proud of my father being a soldier.

— Louis de Bernieres

I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling constantly.

— Anonymous