Armies Quotes

287 Armies quotes by 219 unique authors

The truth is that the fall of Napoleon is the hardest blow that our taxing system ever felt. It is now impossible to make people… — William Cobbett
Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their heroism through a… — Frederick The Great
Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other. — Napoleon Bonaparte
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. Already they have raised up a moneyed aristocracy that has set… — Thomas Jefferson
Of all the enemies to public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.… — James Madison
If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people. — Scilla Elworthy
There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged, positions which must not be… — Sun Tzu
The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by rulers. It is… — Joseph Story
...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and… — James Madison
If greatness of purpose, smallness of means, and astonishing results are the three criteria of a human genius, who could dare compare any great man… — Alphonse de Lamartine
Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators. Your wealth has been stripped of you by… — Frederick Stanley Maude
I am quite confident that in the foreseeable future armed conflict will not take the form of huge land armies facing each other across extended… — Norman Schwarzkopf
We are determined to defeat them and destroy them on the walls of our capital, as we are determined to destroy their miserable armies in… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
I'd like to have two armies: one for display with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering generals, and dear little regimental officers… — Jean Larteguy
It is useless to send armies against ideas. — Georg Brandes
We are governed not by armies, but by ideas. — Mona Caird
In the armies, and among every ten men, there must be one of more life, of more heart, or at least of more authority, who… — Niccolo Machiavelli
No one in the world can change Truth. What we can do and should do is to seek truth and to serve it when we… — Maximilian Kolbe
When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be wasted in futile… — H. H. Asquith
The home front is always underrated by Generals in the field. And yet that is where the Great War was won and lost. The Russian,… — David Lloyd George
On the European Front the most important development of the past year has been the crushing offensive of the Great Armies of Russia... — Franklin D. Roosevelt
We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought. — Saddam Hussein
The very existence of armaments and great armies psychologically accustoms us to accept the philosophy of militarism. They inevitably increase fear and hate in the… — Norman Thomas
Form the habit of making decisions when your spirit is fresh...to let dark moods lead is like choosing cowards to command armies. — Charles Horton Cooley

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