Quotes about army
army men tanks
My men can eat their belts, but my tanks have gotta have gas. George S. Patton
army fighting men
My men don't surrender. I don't want to hear of any soldier under my command being captured unless he has been hit. Even if you are hit, you can still fight back.
army personal-opinions years
We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans.... My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years.
army bayonets boots
Let's keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened, and present a picture of force and strength to the Red Army. This is the only language they understand and respect.
army enemy remember
Remember that the enemy is just as frightened as you are and probably more so. They are not supermen
army men stupidity
Fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man.
army military-leadership military-command
Always do everything you ask of those you command.
army perfect-one battle
A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.
army thinking race
The more I see of Arabs the less I think of them. By having studied them a good deal I have found out the trouble. They are the mixture of all the bad races on earth, and they get worse from west to east, because the eastern ones have had more crosses.
army iraq deployment
When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment. Hillary Clinton
army literature body
These groups within a society can he distinguished according as to whether, like an army or an orchestra, they function as a single body; or whether they are united merely to defend their common interests and otherwise function as separate individuals. Herbert Read
army use main-street
I suppose I could have called in the whole of the Army, but what was the use? All I had to do was call in Main Street itself. Herbert Hoover
army opportunity ideas
Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in sharing in government, in education, and in employment. It will not be stayed or denied. It is here! Everett Dirksen
army government looks
If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army. Ezra Klein
army achievement waiting
In Tunisia the Americans had to pay a stiff price for their experience, but it brought rich dividends. Even at that time, the American generals showed themselves to be very advanced in the tactical handling of their forces, although we had to wait until the Patton Army in France to see the most astonishing achievements in mobile warfare. Erwin Rommel
army play people
The People's Liberation Army should play the role of shock troops, overcoming fatigue and sharpening vigilance to make new contributions. Jiang Zemin
army navy chicago
If it takes the entire army and navy to deliver a postal card in Chicago, that card will be delivered. Grover Cleveland
army grandfather india
My great-grandfather was in the army in India, and we have photographs of my family there in full Victorian dress. They're incredibly romantic. Georgina Chapman
army enemy storm
Just as the commander of an army pitches his camp, studies the strength and defenses of a fortress, and then attacks it on its weakest side, in like manner, the enemy of our human nature studies from all sides our theological, cardinal, and moral virtues. Wherever he finds us weakest and most in need regarding our eternal salvation, he attacks and tries to take us by storm. Ignatius of Loyola
army intelligent government
You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government. Guy de Maupassant
army police violence
Looting is a natural response to the unnatural and inhuman society of commodity abundance. It instantly undermines the commodity as such, and it also exposes what the commodity ultimately implies: the army, the police and the other specialized detachments of the state's monopoly of armed violence. Guy deBord
army self world
The world came so close to self-destruction during my lifetime. I was serving in the American Army, in the Pacific, at the time they bombed Hiroshima and then Nagasaki, and I felt there something like a foretaste of the end of the world. Gore Vidal
army thinking president
I'd still like to be the President, of course, and I think the best way to do that would be to raise an army and seize the Capital. This strikes me as true democracy.
army committed considered crimes family felt guerrilla lived mom needed questioned respect shameful sister
For my family, that was a shameful thing. My mom and sister lived very afraid, and to them, being a guerrilla was considered subversive, like being a criminal. The army committed most of the crimes in our town, but my family felt they needed to respect authority. I always questioned authority. In the end, if we didn't do something, we were going to get recruited, period.
army italian might
An English army led by an Irish general: that might be a match for a French army led by an Italian general. George Bernard Shaw
army israel egypt
The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel ... to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not of more declarations. Gamal Abdel Nasser
army blood order
Our path to Palestine will not be covered with a red carpet or with yellow sand. Our path to Palestine will be covered with blood... In order that we may liberate Palestine, the Arab nation must unite, the Arab armies must unite, and a unified plan of action must be established
army mexican police
I will maintain the presence of a Mexican Army, and the Navy and police in the states of the Mexican Republic, where the problem of crime has increased.
army humanity fields
Humanity, like armies in the field, advances at the speed of the slowest. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
army destruction liberation
But now with the living conditions deteriorating, and with the sure knowledge that we are slated for destruction, we have been transformed into an implacable army of liberation George Jackson
army knives giving
I've learned that when someone does something very kind and refuses payment, giving them an engraved Swiss Army knife is never refused! Christine Lavin
army talking sweden
I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army. George W. Bush
army punishment promise
There are limits to the smiles and scowls of diplomacy. Armies and missiles are not stopped by stiff notes of condemnation. They are held in check by strength and purpose and the promise of swift punishment.