Famous Quotes & Sayings

Joseph Stalin

A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.

Paul Rieckhoff

What we've also got to think about is the limitations of military power. Maybe it's time to focus on the economic issues, and most of all the political issues, because the political failure in Iraq right now is almost worse than the military failure. And the two are intertwined.

Leon Panetta

Sexual assault has no place in the military. It is a violation of everything that the U.S. military stands for.

Leon Panetta

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

Leon Panetta

The most important thing we can do is prosecute the offenders, deal with those that have broken the law and committed this crime. And if we can do that then we can begin to deal with this issue and send a signal this is not a problem that we are going to ignore in the United States military.

Leon Panetta

The reality is that the United States military alone cannot be all things to all nations. We will sharpen the application of our resources, better deploy our forces in the world and share our burdens more and more effectively with our partners. And frankly, all our allies need to do the same.

L. Neil Smith

The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that probably couldnt find a place for their dubious talents in a free market, unless they were to sell pencils from a tin cup on street corners.

Paul Cellucci

We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have a catastrophic terrorist attack, it is the military that is going to have to go in at the request of civilian authorities.

Omar N. Bradley

I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit and to mothball his opinions.

Omar N. Bradley

Airpower has become predominant, both as a deterrent to war, and-in the eventuality of war-as the devastating force to destroy an enemy's potential and fatally undermine his will to wage war.

Omar N. Bradley

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Omar N. Bradley

In war there is no second prize for the runner-up.

Omar N. Bradley

We are dealing with veterans, not procedures; with their problems, not ours.

Omar N. Bradley

A piece of paper makes you an officer, a radio makes you a commander.

Olivia Munn

I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

Oliver North

Today, only 2 percent of the people know the name of someone serving in uniform. That means 2 percent of your listeners can actually conjure up the image of someone wearing the uniform of the military of the United States.

Oded Fehr

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence.

Marcus Luttrell

We aren't heroes out there in the military. We're just Patriots.

Marcus Luttrell

I will never quit. My nation expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my enemies. If knocked down i will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my enemies and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Laws are inoperative in war

Marcus Tullius Cicero

No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

Kiefer Sutherland

If your ethics in the military, in your training, is going to be counterminded by a one-hour weekly television show, we've got a really big problem.

Margaret Thatcher

Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.

Margaret Thatcher

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

Mary Pipher

We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when it is dull and inconvenient are undervalued.

Pink

I'm very much in the trenches, and I don't live in the lap of luxury. I come from a working-class military family. We watch the news and read the paper and vote, so there's always something to be upset about. I always have a certain amount of angst in my back pocket.

Rachel Caine

Hannah: What's your plan? Claire: Go get him Hannah: Honey, that is not a plan. That's what we in the military call an objective.

Peter Mullan

I wanted to dismantle the bollocks that there's a military structure to a gang, with a leader, second leader, the good looking one, first babe, second babe. It's far more arbitrary than that and their values shouldn't be romanticised. They aren't something you want to sign up to.

Pervez Musharraf

We must learn from history, there is no military solution for the Kashmir issue...we have to understand this reality.

Phil Roe

I understand the needs of both the military and the veteran, and that has helped me tremendously as a congressman. I am proud to serve on the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.

Peter Singer

My fear is that that's what's going to happen with robotics and the military. Importantly, this discussion has to involve not just the scientists, but also the political scientists. It's got to be a multidisciplinary discussion. You can't have it be another repeat of what happened with the people working on the atomic bomb.

Peter MacKay

What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

Prince Charles

Scientists themselves readily admit that they do not fully understand the consequences of our many-faceted assault upon the interwoven fabric of atmosphere, water, land and life in all its biological diversity. But things could also turn out to be worse than the current scientific best guess. In military affairs, policy has long been based on the dictum that we should be prepared for the worst case. Why should it be so different when the security is that of the planet and our long-term future?