Army Quote by Emma Goldman

I am not one of those who believe that a great standing army is the means of maintaining peace, because if you build up…

— Woodrow Wilson

A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.

— Elbridge Gerry

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…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

A standing army is one of the greatest mischief that can possibly happen.

— 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…

— Alexander Hamilton

Soldiers are the foundation of an army; unless they are imbued with a progressive political spirit, and unless such a spirit is fostered through…

— Mao Zedong

This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security…

— Alexander Hamilton

Soldiers are members of a profession of arms which has existed virtually unchanged for thousands of years- far longer than most other human institutions…

— William A. Connelly

A standing army, however necessary it may be at some times, is always dangerous to the liberties of the people. Such power should be…

— Samuel Adams

A great deal of the capability of an army is its dedication to its cause and its will to fight. You can have the…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come.

— Victor Hugo

Armies are a purely human invention. Most soldiers who go to war nowadays don't even do it because they're inherently aggressive.

— Frans de Waal