Armed forces Quote by Óscar Arias

Any time you use military force, you have got to have a clear purpose that military forces can achieve.

— Richard N. Haass

Disarmament should be conducive to the enhancement of every country's general security instead of becoming the instrument and means for a few countries to…

— Sha Zukang

Our country represents nothing but peaceful intentions toward all the earth, but it ought not to fail to maintain such a military force as…

— Calvin Coolidge

Our military is going to remain a diverse military.

— Lloyd Austin

The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is kill people and break things. It's not to transform the culture…

— Mike Huckabee

The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop…

— Kim Jong-un

We should have an army so organized and so officered as to be capable in time of emergency, in cooperation with the National Militia,…

— William Howard Taft

Every possible effort should be made to stop recruiting for the Armed Forces. This may, and probably would, lead to some form of conscription…

— Stafford Cripps

The ideal revolutionary command should effectively direct all planning and implementation. It must not allow the growth of any other rival center of power.…

— Saddam Hussein

Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians,…

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never be in danger, nor…

— James Madison

A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy.

— Carl von Clausewitz