Armed forces Quote by Ronen Bergman

The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself…

— Emma Goldman

Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth…

— Benazir Bhutto

In many countries, the authority of the state is weak and openly defied by militias and terrorist groups. In others, state forces themselves act…

— David Lidington

In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses,…

— John Reed

A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and…

— Samuel Johnson

“No country can be well governed unless its citizens as a body keep religiously before their minds that they are the guardians of the…

— Mark Twain

The measure of a civilization is in the courage, not of its soldiers, but of its bystanders.

— Jack McDevitt

Pervasive 'whites-only' policies and hateful narratives could not be further from the values that underpin our Armed Forces: those of integrity, respect for others,…

— Amber Rudd

In a nonviolent army, the general and the officers are elected, or are as if elected, when their authority is moral and rests solely…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Since the desires for power and control are in every heart, you don’t have to look overseas for lawless brutality. It happens every day…

— Edward T. Welch

“The State is not the hope of the world; it is an institution grounded in the threat of violence, whether via capital punishments or…

— Douglas Wilson

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme power in…

— Noah Webster