Best Military Quotations
2876 Military quotes by 1436 unique authors
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
— Winston Churchill
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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
— Winston Churchill
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Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
— Winston Churchill
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I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
— Winston Churchill
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I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.
— Winston Churchill
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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
— Winston Churchill
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It is more agreeable to have the power to give than to receive.
— Winston Churchill
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The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
— Winston Churchill
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For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept…
— Winston Churchill
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for…
— Tom Clancy
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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in…
— Carl von Clausewitz
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Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.
— Hillary Clinton
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The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.
— Hillary Clinton
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There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining…
— Hillary Clinton
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You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because…
— Hillary Clinton
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If you think the President was right to open the doors of American opportunity to young immigrants brought here as children who want to go…
— William J. Clinton
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As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should…
— Howard Coble
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Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
— Paulo Coelho
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Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.
— John Abizaid
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You cannot run faster than a bullet.
— Idi Amin
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But clearly the fact that we've gone from zero Iraqi security forces on duty in May to up to 200,000 today is an enormous accomplishment,…
— John Abizaid
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