Quotes about army
army mediocrity hours
I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour. Ani Difranco
army land civilization
Agriculture is not crop production as popular belief holds - it's the production of food and fiber from the world's land and waters. Without agriculture it is not possible to have a city, stock market, banks, university, church or army. Agriculture is the foundation of civilization and any stable economy. Allan Savory
army world veteran
Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world Allan Donald
army two southern
I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe. Abraham Lincoln
army greatness discipline
One can build the Empire State Building, discipline the Prussian army, make a state hierarchy mightier than God, yet fail to overcome the unaccountable superiority of certain human biengs. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
army fighting agreement
I should much rather see reasonable agreement with the Arabs on the basis of living together in peace than the creation of a Jewish state. My awareness of the essential nature of Judaism resists the idea of a Jewish state with borders, an army, and a measure of temporal power, no matter how modest. I am afraid of the inner damage Judaism will sustain—especially from the development of a narrow nationalism within our own ranks, against which we have already had to fight strongly, even without a Jewish state. Albert Einstein
army men office
There may be a hundred thousand men in an army, who are all equally free; but they only are naturally most fit to be commanders or leaders, who most excel in the virtues required for the right performance of those offices. Algernon Sidney
army men world
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can be utterly destroyed, they surely will abide by golden peace. Alfred Nobel
army second-amendment right-to-bear-arms
This [a state militia system] appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist. Alexander Hamilton
army gun law
...that standing army can never be formidable (threatening) to the liberties of the people, while there is a large body of citizens, little if at all inferior to them in the use of arms.
army men people
Adolf Hitler may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost 80 million. ... His success alone proved that I should subordinate myself to this man. Adolf Eichmann
army authority wells
It won't be a question of how well-trained or well-equipped the army is but one of the authority it serves. Adnan Pachachi
army chief command exposed fact land staff structures
The fact that the chief of staff of the land army was so exposed suggests that the command structures must be significantly deteriorated already.
army army-and-navy became fact lieutenant liked
The fact that he was a self-made man, that he was a lieutenant in the army and became the emperor, I liked that, August Wilson
army army-and-navy collecting defense government itself korean national point rather
What is the point of the army without weapons? ... Korean government should concentrate on arming itself for national defense rather than collecting young men. John Kim
army training
Training distinguishes an army from an armed mob. Douglas MacArthur
army done littles
No army has ever done so much with so little.
army nine lines
Nine times of ten an army has been destroyed because its supply lines have been severed
army thinking soldier
A good soldier, whether he leads a platoon or an army, is expected to look backward as well as forward; but he must think only forward.
army cynical world
Join the army and see the next world. Dylan Thomas
army scum-of-the-earth waterloo
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. Duke of Wellington
army infamous weak
I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.
army men sheep
And the English army, wheeling, started south at a gallop over the hill pass into Ettrick, followed by twenty men and eight hundred sheep in steel helmets. Dorothy Dunnett
army damage values
The Army damages itself when it doesn't live up to its own values. Claudia Kennedy
army sister-in-law filling-up
And now, dear sister, I must leave this house or the retreating army will make me a prisoner in it by filling up the road I am directed to take. Dolley Madison
army disaster ends
Bogging down large armies in historically complex, dangerous areas ends in disaster. Chuck Hagel
army animal knitting-needles
. . . And so Charlie Asher . . . led an army of fourteen-inch-tall bundles of animal bits, armed with everything from knitting needles to a spork, into the storm sewers of San Fransciso. Christopher Moore
army warrior people
The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background. Amy Chua
army discipline soldier
One doesn't become a soldier in a week - it takes training, study and discipline. There is no question that the finest Army in the world is found in the United States. Daniel Inouye
army people victory
Peace must be framed on so equitable a basis, that the nations would not wish to disturb it . . . so that the confidence of the German people shall be put in the equity of their cause and not in the might of their armies. David Lloyd George
army men faithful
The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful. Confucius
army men vision
The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose.
army chinese mind
The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined mind of a peasant.