Armies Quotes

287 Armies quotes by 219 unique authors

Once upon a time, the sky knew the weight of angel armies on the move, and the wind blew infernal with the fire of their… — Laini Taylor
The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny; flattery to treachery; standing armies to arbitrary government; and the… — David Hume
The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose. — Confucius
By a declaration of rights, I mean one which shall stipulate freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of commerce against monopolies, trial by… — Thomas Jefferson
Cryptography is the essential building block of independence for organisations on the Internet, just like armies are the essential building blocks of states, because otherwise… — Julian Assange
Governments move armies, but only individuals can move hearts. — Marianne Williamson
Occupying armies have responsibilities, not rights. Their primary responsibility is to withdraw as quickly and expeditiously as possible, in a manner determined by the occupied… — Noam Chomsky
If women are being oppressed in Egypt or children are being forced to join armies in the Congo, for example, it is not only acceptable… — Stephen Kinzer
The great help of being in the Army is to understand why are the armies clever in what they describe as emotional intelligence, making soldiers… — Antony Beevor
The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members.… — Adam Michnik
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo
Nothing else in the world... not all the armies... is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. — Victor Hugo
A handful of men, inured to war, proceed to certain victory, while on the contrary, numerous armies of raw and undisciplined troops are but multitudes… — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America… — Arthur Henderson
By fighting a limited, defensive war, America permitted the enemy to endlessly re-supply their field armies. — Nguyen Cao Ky
In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being… — James Longstreet
Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and… — Ferdowsi
The armies, the difference of all of those armies that had been fighting each other and the Taliban took advantage of that to rule over… — Bulent Ecevit
They called themselves an army. They were planning on recruiting more armies. They were planning on splitting up and forming smaller cells and going into… — Patty Hearst
I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. — Thomas Jefferson
No one has the right to ignite a war and lead an occupation and armies to conquer people, invading them and make them suffer all… — Muqtada al Sadr
The majority of soldiers and officers of the Soviet Army and the allied armies treated the local population humanely. — Antony Beevor
When I slept, armies of footnotes marched across my dreams in close-order drill. — Ted Morgan
All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a… — Abraham Lincoln
O' the mass of arms, the brilliant leadership, the courage and magnitude of the ancient armies of Greece, combined to conquer the city of Troy… — Unknown Author

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