Quote by Patrick Ness

“The military is only as strong as the other institutions supporting it.”

— Michael DeLong

“A thing so triumphantly illogical, so beautifully senseless as an army can’t allow a question to weaken it.”

— John Steinbeck

“The army is at once the worst place for egoists, and the best.”

— Anthony Powell

“The purpose of an army must surely be to put itself out of business.”

— A.A. Gill

“It has been said that large staffs are the invariable sign of bad armies.”

— David Fraser

“To raise an army you need a common enemy”

— Iyathurai Aingaratheepan

“And I served as an officer in the army.” “Very impressive. I’ve been told that war is boredom interspersed with violence and terror.”

— Julie Anne Long

“War is all about deception, Etayne. If we’re going to face this army, I want to do it on ground we’ve chosen. On our…

— Jeff Wheeler

“Would you like to hear the latest news, that colonel we mentioned earlier has gone blind, It'll be interesting to see what he thinks…

— José Saramago

“This is the army! Nobody can do the best they can.”

— Henry Blake

“When army review its forces more than 6 months and not attacking the enemy, know it is a danger to his people”

— Adolf Hitler

“Most important fact of war? Keep your army in existence. Lose the battle, but keep your eye on winning the war.” But”

— James A. Michener