Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
What all the wise men promised has not happened and what all the dammed fools said would happen has come to pass. — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Copy Share Image
Having served in the military, I know that militaries can stop a problem, but they can't fix a problem. — Joe Sestak Copy Share Image
The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline. — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life. — Bob Marley Copy Share Image
Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary. — Alfred M. Gray Copy Share Image
The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
These mercenaries, I swear by God, those who are still in Washington, they have sent their troops to be burned. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Copy Share Image
The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
I've lived on a military base and in a convent boarding school with dobermans at the bottom of front stairs to keep… — Kit Reed Copy Share Image
The human interest, and the natural interest, and the spiritual interest of this planet need to begin to take a priority over… — Michael Franti Copy Share Image
It's your duty to fly the airplane. If you get killed in it, you don't know anything about it anyway. Duty is… — Chuck Yeager Copy Share Image
In this ever-changing world, it's more important than ever that our top-notch military continues to receive the resources needed to serve and… — Max Baucus Copy Share Image
Tonight, we gather to affirm the greatness of our nation - not because of the height of our skyscrapers, or the power… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
Our military is overextended. Nine out of 10 active-duty Army divisions are either in Iraq, going to Iraq or have come back… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
A defensive war is apt to betray us into too frequent detachment. Those generals who have had but little experience attempt to… — Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor Copy Share Image
“The Loneliness of the Military Historian Confess: it's my profession that alarms you. This is why few people ask me to dinner,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
OK, so $1 trillion is what it costs to run the federal government for one year. So this money's going to run… — Susan Davis Copy Share Image
What it targets is not something that's really looked at a lot in terms of the war. This is stuff that's off… — Gary Cole Copy Share Image
I mean, when you think about it, it's 'bombs bursting in air,' 'rocket's red glare,' it's all kinds of - you know… — Bill Press Copy Share Image
“In the absence of expert [senior military] advice, we have seen each successive administration fail in the business of strategy - yielding… — Edward Luttwak Copy Share Image
“The recruiters came and talked with us in school, and I remember it like yesterday. I wasn't interested. I told them I… — Stephen Dau Copy Share Image
The late Rev. Peter Gomes at The Memorial Church at Harvard was a true mentor to me when I was in college.… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them. — George W Bush Copy Share Image
“Lots of things went into creating a monster, but nothing had prepared her for actually being caught by one.” — William Kely McClung Copy Share Image
You've got to bring your A-game when you're in the same household as a military guy. — Morena Baccarin Copy Share Image
I don't want to do a lot of talking on the military. I want to talk after it's finished, not before it… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside… — Christopher Dodd Copy Share Image
The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose. — John T. Flynn Copy Share Image
Our military has been greatly weakened by a lot of bad decisions and other things. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
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We have the greatest people on Earth in our military. We don't take care of our veterans. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
You cannot demand military service of Christians any more than you can of priests. We do not go forth as soldiers with… — Origen Copy Share Image
I have against me the bourgeois, the military and the diplomats, and for me, only the people who take the Métro. — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
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I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money." (On Vietnam… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
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