Armies Quotes
287 quotes by 224 authors
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That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the…
— Amelia Barr
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Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the…
— Joseph Addison
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The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to join the regular armies and…
— Albert Camus
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept…
— Winston Churchill
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.
— Kofi Annan
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God is on everyone's side... and in the last analysis, he is on the side with plenty of money and large armies.
— Jean Anouilh
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Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'... Rule 2 is: Do not go fighting with your…
— Bernard Law Montgomery
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Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their…
— Barack Obama
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The students I've been with these twenty years are looking for a world where it becomes a little easier to love and a lot harder…
— Colman McCarthy
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If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is not easy to…
— Sun Tzu
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The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies…
— Sun Tzu
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When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.
— Duke of Wellington
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The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages caused by the…
— George C. Marshall
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In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous…
— Edmund Burke
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It is not big armies that win battles, it is the good ones.
— Maurice de Saxe
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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
— A J P Taylor
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Two armies that fight each other is like one large army that commits suicide.
— Henri Barbusse
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Caesar's armies marched on vegetarian foods.
— Will Durant
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We have an army for fighting as well as an army for labour. For fighting, we have the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies but…
— Mao Zedong
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Humiliation sets armies marching, empires falling, breaks hearts and minds and souls.
— Janet Morris
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