Action Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged.”

— Robert M. Gates

A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for…

— Noah Webster

Congressmen are not evil people, they're mostly sort of seismographs with antennae; they're waiting - they're more worried about losing their jobs than Assistant…

— Allard K. Lowenstein

When a country is at war we want Congressmen, regardless of party, to back up the government of the United States.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“an officer and a gentleman by an act of Congress, but an asshole by choice.” The military also discourages”

— Nelson DeMille

Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason.

— Walter Cronkite

Now as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers.

— Yaroslav Trofimov

“Never in the history of American warfare has this nation witnessed such an exhibition of cowardice, indecisiveness, incompetence, and laziness in the army’s senior…

— Dennis Byrne

“enrage them and escalate the situation? These weren’t combatants. These were frustrated civilians,”

— Luis Carlos Montalván

We talk about our military being degraded over time, and yet we've had folks who've been a part of Congress who have participated in…

— Chris Christie

For heaven's sake, when you see the enemy attacking, you pick up the pitchfork, and you enlist everybody you see. You don't stand around…

— Sylvia Earle

At Rest An American Soldier And Defender of the Constitution.

— Jefferson Davis