Army Quotes

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The loss of any army is always caused by underestimating the enemy. Therefore gather information and watch the enemy carefully. — Zhuge Liang
I was discharged from the army for idiocy and officially certified by a special commission as an idiot. I'm an official idiot. — Jaroslav HaÅ¡ek
In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated merchants… — Jack Weatherford
The American soldier demonstrated that, properly equipped, trained and led, he has no superior among all the armies of the world. — Lucian
Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead. — Will Carleton
The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15. And… — Thomas Friedman
Standing armies can never consist of resolute robust men; they may be well-disciplined machines, but they will seldom contain men under the influence of strong… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
No one will pay you for planning an expedition at first: you have to work in pubs at weekends so you can pay the gas… — Ranulph Fiennes
If you're dumb enough to volunteer for the army, I don't see why we're supposed to feel so bad when you get shot. I'm not… — Zach Braff
When I think about the holidays, I think about the Salvation Army guys ringing bells in front of stores. They're always so nice to you… — Zach Braff
I would close every recruiting station, disband the Army, and disarm the Air Force. I would abolish the whole dreadful equipment of war, and say… — Unknown Author
Streamlining the army with Chinese characteristics is the right choice for China in military modernization, — Jiang Zemin
I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me. — Georges St-Pierre
When a king speaks, the armies move. But when a wise man speaks, only the beard shakes. — Vinoba Bhave
What we need is a royal army of returned missionaries reenlisted into service. — L. Tom Perry
A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk: the parching air Burns frore, and cold… — John Milton
In Burton's day they [soldiers] were itching to get into the fray. Now it is the opposite. They are always whining about the dangers of… — Rupert Everett
Thus an army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken. — Laozi
"It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to their governors the… — Thomas Jefferson
[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a big pension fund… — Paul Krugman
The governments of the great States have two instruments for keeping the people dependent, in fear and obedience: a coarser, the army; and a more… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If they are really persuaded that the army is annually established by me, that I have the sole disposal of posts and honours, that I… — Robert Walpole
Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones. — Tahir Shah
Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars, its feet for the swords; it continueth, though an army lay… — Gilbert Parker
Transforming the European Union into a single State with one army, one constitution and one foreign policy is the critical challenge of the age — Joschka Fischer

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