Troops Quotes · Page 9

Sir, it is not God who will assemble us on the battlefield, nor position our troops, nor place the cannon, and it…

— Winfield Scott Hancock

The Limeys want us in even with our hastily made plans and our half-trained and half-equipped troops.

— Joseph Stilwell

Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear…

— Joseph Hall

Whenever in future wars the battle is fought, armored troops will play the decisive role.

— Heinz Guderian

Surrender your forces and give yourselves and your troops the opportunity to be a part of Iraq's future and not a part…

— Peter Pace

I grew up with a deep belief that wherever our troops fought, they were on the side of the angels.

— Jane Fonda

We don't have enough American troops inside of Iraq to destroy ISIL any time soon.

— Lindsey Graham

The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our nation and win wars.

— Phyllis Schlafly

I think I can say without fear of contradiction that we could generate sorties at an extremely high level and bring very,…

— Bill Vaughan

A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks there, the…

— Ted Solotaroff

Truman fired the popular Gen. Douglas MacArthur because he disobeyed orders in the Korean War. Johnson knew that he had reached the…

— Helen Thomas

We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best…

— Barbara Lee

Here's good news: George W. Bush says that he is committed to fighting global warming. Yeah, well, he nipped that in the…

— David Letterman

We must support initiatives that provide clear, concrete measures and milestones that our troops need for defeating the insurgency, building up Iraqi…

— Sherrod Brown

The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is…

— John Conyers

Your freedom is brought to you courtesy of the outstanding Men and Women who serve and have served this country with honor,…

— Nishan Panwar

I regret that the Army felt it was necessary to rescind their invitation to the National Day of Prayer Task Force to…

— Franklin Graham

To the Parisians, and especially to the children, all Americans are now 'heros du cinema.' This is particularly disconcerting to sensitive war…

— A. J. Liebling

I think that by now, in the very beginning when I first joined the show, General Landry was like a new kid…

— Beau Bridges

“The Place Faidherbe had the characteristic atmosphere, the overdone décor, the floral and verbal excess, of a subprefecture in southern France gone…

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

The drones are really interesting - how have the troops withdrawn from Afghanistan? Because we've upped the drone strikes and most of…

— Ethan Hawke

We got a commitment that 3 million nurses are going to be trained to better identify these signs [of PTSD], because, you…

— Michelle Obama

She can't afford to commit more troops,' Holly whispered. 'The gate is her priority, and she needs to have as many Berserkers…

— Eoin Colfer

The din of politicians speechifying about the war, the faux moral posturing of opinion-makers who claim to speak in the name of…

— Lawrence Kaplan

WWE is a huge supporter of our troops. Part of my love and admiration for our men and women in the military…

— Eve Torres

Cossacks are the best light troops among all that exist. If I had them in my army, I would go through all…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches.

— Ron Suskind

We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped.

— Brian Higgins

The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.

— John Perry Barlow

We can rattle our sabers all we want but, realistically, we don't have troops for an invasion [Iran] and surgical strikes aren't…

— Barack Obama

Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side.

— John McCarthy

I think the behavior of the troops has been a huge factor in the rise of the insurgency and in the rise…

— Yaroslav Trofimov

I hate the word 'followers' so from now on I'm going to call you guys my 'troops'

— Nikhil Saluja

A life that moves to gracious ends Thro' troops of unrecording friends, A deedful life, a silent voice.

— Alfred the Great

Happy Memorial Day to past, present and fallen soldiers. Today we honor you and salute you for defending our country and our…

— Sonya Parker

Generals do not always run wars the way they would like to, nor the troops under them.

— Christopher Vokes

Today, I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by the end of the…

— Barack Obama

A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of…

— Anonymous

Iraq continues to be an immense disaster, and the President has no apparent plan for getting our troops out.

— Jose Serrano

It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.

— Barack Obama