Family Quote by Tacitus

“The long existence of the Roman Empire had everything to do with the legions. While the legions were strong, Rome was strong. Conversely, the…

— Stephen Dando-Collins

“we are dealing with a new kind of army altogether, no longer held together in the solidarity of a common citizenship. As that tie…

— H.G. Wells

It has not fallen to your lot to command great armies. You had to create them, organize them and inspire them.

— Winston Churchill

Who could not conquer with such troops as these?

— Stonewall Jackson

“Despite their inglorious end, the legions remain to this day, thousands of years after their creation, the most pre-eminent example of how detailed organization,…

— Stephen Dando-Collins

Great armies are nothing but a collection of weakness.

— Christina, Queen of Sweden

Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators.

— Frederick Stanley Maude

“But I would also warn against diverting too many of the Empire’s resources from a flexible navy of capital ships and starfighters to massive…

— Timothy Zahn

A fleet of the most powerful vessels would be of little use in war without a personnel at least as efficient as that of…

— William Sims

Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control…

— Edward Said

Too many kings can ruin an army

— Homer

Do not say that! How few are the Romans and how numerous are we ! 'An army's strength lies not in numbers of men…

— Khalid ibn al-Walid