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Military Quotes by Ronald Reagan
- There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.
- We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and…
- If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in.
- The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget . .…
- Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will never be used.
- The most fundamental paradox is that, if we're never to use force, we must be prepared to use it and to use it successfully. We…
- The struggle now going on for the world will never be decided by bombs or rockets, by armies or military might. The real crisis we…
- Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.
- Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it.…
- It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
- The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
- The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.
- We're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
- Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
- History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
- Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
- Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
- Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root... Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength…
- Here's my strategy on the Cold War: we win, they lose.
More Military Quotes
- We make war that we may live in peace. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible… — M H Abrams
- Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. — Isaac Asimov
- Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up. — Dean Acheson
- A man should be upright, not be kept upright. — Marcus Aurelius
- The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious. — Marcus Aurelius
- The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance,… — Charles Babbage
- Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. — Francis Bacon
- We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it. — Robert Baden-Powell
- If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? — Joan Baez
- Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade. — Philip James Bailey