Famous Quotes & Sayings

Eric Bolling

A military preparedness strategy with specifics yesterday and today rolls out a school of choice plan with monetary specifics. So [Donald Trump] has pivoted over the last, he had a very rough go after the conventions

Eric Bolling

[Donald Trump] gets a 19 percent higher approval rating than [Hillary Clinton] does ,among military members.

Eric Bolling

[Donald Trump] stood up and was asked a very specific question, if there's an undocumented illegal in the military or wants to serve in the military, can they stay? And he said, "You know what? I think that's a good idea."That's brilliant. That's genius.

Eric Bolling

We would take millions [of undocumented illegal] if they would serve in the military.

Eric Bolling

[Hillary Clinton] is talking about sequester. She's talking about defense spending freezes. He's talking about releasing this sequester, increasing defense spending, increasing the military, increasing our footprint in the world.

Enoch Powell

It is one of history's most mocking ironies that the German customs union, which set out to dominate Europe and conquer Britain in the form of Bismarckian or Hitlerian military force, has at last vanquished the victor by drawing Britain into a Zollverein which comprises Western Europe and aspires to comprise the Mediterranean as well. If the ghosts of the Hohenzollerns come back to haunt this planet, they must find a lot to laugh at.

James Baker

If you're not gonna pull the trigger, don't point the gun.

James Baker

Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I think the press will bounce back.

Napoleon Hill

If you don’t have a plan, you will fail, and you can quote me.” You need a definite plan, it should be written down, and it should dictate, with military precision, the moves that you will be taking. Napoleon Hill said, “First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The best generals are those who have served in the artillery.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Soldiers! Forty centuries behold you!

Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military despotism represses generous sentiments, priestly tyranny stifles them.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.

Napoleon Bonaparte

I cannot approve of your method of operation, you proceed like a bewildered idiot, taking not the least notice of my orders.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

Napoleon Bonaparte

What are the conditions that make for the superiority of an army? Its internal organization, military habits in officers and men, the confidence of each in themselves; that is to say, bravery, patience, and all that is contained in the idea of moral means.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing is more destructive than the charge of artillery on a crowd.

Napoleon Bonaparte

To have good soldiers, a nation must always be at war.

Napoleon Bonaparte

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Norman Thomas

He who would save liberty must put his trust in democracy.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Choose to win Get mad, then get over it.

Oscar Arias

How ironic for peacemaking efforts to discover that hatred is stronger for many than love; that the longing to achieve power through military victories makes so many men lose their reason, forget all shame, and betray history.

Orrin Hatch

Mentioning God in the Pledge of Allegiance is no different in kind than allowing government salaried Chaplains for the military or for the Congress, or including the official motto, In God We Trust, on our currency.

Omar Bongo

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

America is the only place where man is full-grown!

Oliver Cromwell

Sir, what can be said of these things? Is it the arm of the flesh that hath done these things? Is it the wisdom and counsel, or strength of man? It is the Lord only. God will curse that man and his house that dares to think otherwise. Sir, you see the work is done by a Divine leading. God gets into the hearts of men, and persuades them to come under you.

Eric Alterman

The consequences of President Johnsons campaign of deliberate deception regarding Vietnam could hardly have been more catastrophic for the nation, the military, the president, his party, and the presidency itself.

Eric Alterman

Mistakes, after all, are endemic to foreign and military policy given the unpredictability of events and the difficulty of securing reliable information in a place like Iraq.

Eric Alterman

History is replete with examples of empires mounting impressive military campaigns on the cusp of their impending economic collapse.

Epictetus

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.