Quotes about military
military war iraq
It matters not what your individual position is on either war we are currently prosecuting - in Iraq or Afghanistan - certainly we can all agree protesting at military funerals is a cruel and unnecessary hardship on our military families during their most difficult hour. Solomon Ortiz
military visiting bases
I really like visiting military bases. Stacy Keibler
military ships dawn
Odyssey Dawn? That's not a military operation. That's a Carnival Cruise ship. Stephen Colbert
military war creativity
The transformation of the impossible into reality is always the mark of a demonic will. The only way to recognize a military genius is by the fact that, during the war, he will mock the rules of warfare and will employ creative improvisation instead of tested methods and he will do so at the right moment. Stefan Zweig
military may politics
Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical. Thomas Jefferson
military brave just-friends
We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies. Thomas Jefferson
military war acquiescence
Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war. Thomas Jefferson
military asia communist
In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia. William Westmoreland
military names memorial
The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. William Westmoreland
military people
The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else. William Westmoreland
military thinking troops
I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected. William Westmoreland
military offensive made
I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive. William Westmoreland
military men should-have
The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me. William Westmoreland
military war character
This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character. William Westmoreland
military tv-news would-be
Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news. William Westmoreland
military engagement vietnam
Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. William Westmoreland
military winning rights
Finally it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule. William McKinley
military war america
A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to publicly wage a terrorist war against America, saying, and I quote, "We do not differentiate between those dressed in military uniforms and civilians. They're all targets." Their mission is murder, and their history is bloody. William J. Clinton
military ideas long
We [United States] are the only military superpower. We have no idea how long this is going to last, so we ought to get every bad guy we can and fix every problem we can. William J. Clinton
military moving commitment
My view is there will be problems and bad people as long as the earth exists, and since we're moving into a completely interdependent global environment, we're better off building a world we'd like to live in when the United States are not the only military superpower. That is, we need to build a world of shared responsibility, shared benefits, and shared commitment to our common humanity. William J. Clinton
military mean home
What really happened in Vietnam was- all these things are away games for the American military. We're not on our home turf, which means to succeed there has to be a partner. And the definition of partnership is someone willing to risk their lives in their home area to prevail because they think it's necessary to build a decent life and a better life for their people. William J. Clinton
military thinking law
There is a law in psychology that if you form a picture in your mind of what you would like to be, and you keep and hold that picture there long enough, you will soon become exactly as you have been thinking. William James
military apology men
America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for. Sarah Palin
military world dictatorship
The U.S. has and still is cooperating with various military dictatorships around the world. Obviously we would prefer to see them democratized, but we are doing it because we have national interests, whether it's working with Pakistan on Afghanistan or whatever. Samuel P. Huntington
military practice liberty
We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. William Faulkner
military feet shooting
I don't expect an overnight change of all desktops to what the US Military used to call B3 level security. And even that would not stop users from shooting themselves into the foot. Wietse Venema
military government classroom
If we get the federal government out of the classroom, maybe we'll get God back in. Ronald Reagan
military work government
The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. Ronald Reagan
military media law
Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally. Ulrich Beck
military army ideas
A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect, Ulysses S. Grant
military army trying
The one thing I never want to see again is a military parade. When I resigned from the army and went to a farm I was happy. When the rebellion came, I returned to the service because it was a duty. I had no thought of rank; all I did was try and make. Ulysses S. Grant
military war mean
Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace. Ulysses S. Grant
military enemy troops
Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also. Ulysses S. Grant