Army Quotes

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The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and… — Steven Pressfield
If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly. — David Hackworth
We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Courage is virtue which champions the cause of right. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Love has more force than a besieging army. — Mahatma Gandhi
Discipline is the soul of an army. — George Washington
There is an army of waiters in this world. — Henry Ward Beecher
Every man who expresses an honest thought is a soldier in the army of intellectual liberty. — Robert Green Ingersoll
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
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion - the technique… — Milton Friedman
The New Deal began, like the Salvation Army, by promising to save humanity. It ended, again like the Salvation Army, by running flop-houses and disturbing… — H. L. Mencken
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
Four Lessons on Life 1. Never take down a fence until you know why it was put up. 2. If you get too far ahead… — Warren W. Wiersbe
It takes a brave man to be a coward in the Red Army. — Joseph Stalin
If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people. — Scilla Elworthy
It is imperative to contest all factions for complete victory, so the army is not garrisoned and the profit can be total. This is the… — Sun Tzu
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and… — Sun Tzu
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack him;… — Sun Tzu
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 state machine, including the army, the police and the courts, is the instrument with which one class oppresses another. It is an instrument of… — Mao Zedong
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster
Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what… — Aristotle
A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a Republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it,… — James Madison
...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at… — Alexander Hamilton

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