Expendables Quote by Harry S. Truman Download Open image “I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.” — Harry S. Truman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Expendables Inspirational Love Politician Politics Soldier Statesmen
It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“People are weary of politicians who make promises they are either unwilling or unable to keep. Society longs for statesmen but it gets politicians.… — Henry T. Blackaby Copy Share Image
The Army, as usual, are without pay; and a great part of the soldiery without shirts; and though the patience of them is equally… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office. — Pittacus of Mytilene Copy Share Image
Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens... — Charles Tilly Copy Share Image
States are doomed when they are unable to distinguish good men from bad. — Antisthenes Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Men often mistake notoriety for fame, and would rather be remarked for their vices and follies than not be noticed at all! — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Most of the time most people know the right thing to do ...its the doing of it that gives them trouble — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
On tight money: It reflects a reversion to the old idea that the tree can be fertilized at the top instead of at the… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
The United States should not under any circumstances throw away our gun until we are sure the rest of the world cannot arm against… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
Democracy maintains that government is established for the benefit of the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the individual, and is charged with the responsibility of protecting the rights of the individual and his freedom in the exercise of his abilities. Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share
Although I hold the highest civil honour in the world, I have always regarded my rank and title as a Past Grand Master of… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
I became a physician in order to help save lives. I am at once a physician, a citizen, and a woman, and I am… — Mildred Fay Jefferson Copy Share Image
Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Women are dirt searchers; their greatest worth is irradicating rings on collars and tables. Never mind real-estate boards' corruption and racism, here's your soapsuds.… — Florynce Kennedy Copy Share Image
The military is such a hierarchical institution. It's an institution where, if you are assaulted by a person senior to you, you're probably the… — Joy-Ann Reid Copy Share Image
We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Progressives and Islamists are indeed on the same side. Their common disdain for Christianity explains why left-wing judges in America find any inkling of Christianity in the public square unconstitutional, while Islamist judges in the Middle East deem it executable. Their common view that life is expendable explains the left's embrace abortion-on-demand and why the Islamists don't hesitate to deploy… — Gary Bauer Copy Share
Gays have rights, lesbians have rights, men have rights, women have rights, even animals have rights. How many of us have to die before… — Octavia St. Laurent Copy Share Image
Men are expendable; women and children are not. A tribe or a nation can lose a high percentage of its men and still pick… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Freedom and democracy, That's the word from Washington every day. Put America to sleep with warm milk and clichés, And people are expendable along… — Ani DiFranco Copy Share Image
Any ensemble - they didn't call it "the all-male Expendables," for example. But it's Hollywood's fault that people say that, because there have been… — Paul Feig Copy Share Image
It's better to have fewer things of quality than too much expendable junk. — Rachel Zoe Copy Share Image
Use and respond to the initial fresh qualities but consider them absolutely expendable. — Richard Diebenkorn Copy Share Image