Army Quotes
1821 Army quotes by 1119 unique authors
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The power of words is immense. A well-chosen word has often sufficed to stop a flying army, to change defeat into victory and to save…
— Emile de Girardin
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PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Obviously we don't have 300 million people. We haven't got a big army. We don't have Hollywood. We're a medium small-sized country. We have to…
— John Ralston Saul
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We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace;…
— Winston Churchill
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The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.
— Robert Trout
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Peitaho Heavy rains fall on Yuyen, the northland kingdom of swallows. White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off the Island of…
— Mao Zedong
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I grew up in a show business family, so we've always had a great sense of balance, being so close to my parents. I've always…
— Andy Gibb
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To move any regime you need to have co-operation and co-ordination between Kurds, Shia Arabs, Sunni Arabs, the people and the army. Until we have…
— Jalal Talabani
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If you don't want to call it a European army, don't call it a European army. You can call it 'Margaret', you can call it…
— Romano Prodi
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I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of…
— David Eddings
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Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.
— Frederick Stanley Maude
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After using the 'good offices' of UN diplomacy (economic sanctions and weapons inspections) to ensure that Iraq was brought to its knees, its people starved,…
— Arundhati Roy
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Without [the settlements] the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) [Israeli Defense Force] would be a foreign army ruling a foreign population.
— Moshe Dayan
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This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and…
— Winston Churchill
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By the breaking in of enraged merciless armies, flourishing countries have been laid waste, great numbers of people have perished in a short time, and…
— John Woolman
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It may sound a bit like an army barracks, but the truth of the matter is: there must be some time laid aside for arranging,…
— Mel Torme
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According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan,…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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I gave away two dogs years ago because I felt guilty at not being able to give them the time and attention they deserved. I…
— Mike Farrell
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The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences.…
— Mort Walker
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The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be nominally the same…
— Alexander Hamilton
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One of the things that most people aren't aware of when they think of the Civil War is the number of people and associated animals.…
— Gary Miller
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Have we the means of resisting disciplined armies, when our only defence, the militia, is put in the hands of Congress?
— Patrick Henry
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He wondered what kind of blueprint beavers had for creating such a structure-or did they simply start aimlessly weaving stuff together until they had a…
— Patrick F. McManus
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The exemplary vanguard role of the Communists is of vital importance. Communists in the Eighth Route and New Fourth Armies should set an example in…
— Mao Zedong
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The commanders and fighters of the entire Chinese People's Liberation Army absolutely must not relax in the least their will to fight; any thinking that…
— Mao Zedong
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