Quotes about military
military army soldier
The highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is bearing arms. George S. Patton
military fighting men
All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.
military war mean
A man must know his destiny… if he does not recognize it, then he is lost. By this I mean, once, twice, or at the very most, three times, fate will reach out and tap a man on the shoulder… if he has the imagination, he will turn around and fate will point out to him what fork in the road he should take, if he has the guts, he will take it.
military men leader
A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances.
military rain army
Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle.Pray for the defeat of our wicked enemy whose banner is injustice and whose good is oppression. Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. We must march together, all out for God.
military illusion capacity
The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary. George Bernard Shaw
military men spoons
When the military man approaches, the world locks up its spoons and packs off its womankind.
military might economic-globalization
For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, arent we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US? Fredric Jameson
military people training
Military simulation is an important way of training people for an emergency Greg Gutfeld
military america russia
If Russia, if Russia had the same military power that America did, earth would be called Russia.
military war thinking
The mythology of the Reagan presidency is that he induced the collapse of the Soviet Union by luring it into unsustainable military spending and wars: should there come a point when we think about applying that lesson to ourselves? Glenn Greenwald
military government support
[I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days.
military japan people
There was no military reason to drop atomic bombs on Japan. They were used as terrorist weapons - killing innocent people to influence other people. Harry Browne
military army sitting-still
The strongest army in the world [the French] facing no more than twenty-six [German] divisions, sitting still and sheltering behind steel and concrete while a quixotically valiant ally was being exterminated! J. F. C. Fuller
military war men
The War of the Roses in England and the Civil War in America were both intestinal conflicts arising out of similar ideas. In the first the clash was between feudalism and the new economic order; in the second, between an agricultural society and a new industrial one. Both led to similar ends; the first to the founding of the English nation, and the second to the founding of the American. Both were strangely interlinked; for it was men of the old military and not of the new economic mind--men, such as Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh--who founded the English colonies in America.
military conquer infantry
Artillery conquers and infantry occupies.
military sleep pride
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having smitten a sleeping enemy; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. Isoroku Yamamoto
military sleep pride
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for the one smitten. I would rather you made your appraisal after seeing what the enemy does, since it is certain that, angered and outraged, he will soon launch a determined counterattack.
military home blow
The mindless rejoicing at home is really appalling; it makes me fear that the first blow against Tokyo will make them wilt at once...I only wish that [the Americans] had also had, say, three carriers at Hawaii...
military goal leader
Normally, what happens when we have a national leader who wants to do something in terms of military intervention, he tells the Pentagon, put together some options to accomplish goal.
military college class
Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them. Jack Kingston
military options
Military options can not help. We have experienced it,
military requires situation understanding
I think there's an understanding with the administration and the military that the situation requires an openness.
military war army
At the end of the day...if your army won't fight, it's because they don't trust their incompetent, corrupt generals, they don't trust each other. This is an enduring civil war between the Shia, the Sunni, and the Kurds. So I don't think we've got any options and we'd be ill-advised to start bombing where we really can't sort out the combatants or understand where the civilian population is. Barry McCaffrey
military enemy purpose
In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose. B. H. Liddell Hart
military war mean
The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.
military army stronger
In a campaign against more than one state or army, it is more fruitful to concentrate first against the weaker partner than to attempt the overthrow of the stronger in the belief that the latter's defeat will automatically involve the collapse of the others.
military mind opponents
The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect approach.
military light would-be
But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in. George Carey
military struggle hands
We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other. George C. Marshall
military fighting winning
It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.
military iraq safety
Our military should spare no expense to ensure the safety of our troops, particularly as they confront a hostile insurgency and roadside bombs throughout Iraq. Christopher Dodd
military iraq solutions
Military solution in Iraq has been disproven and discredited.