Quotes about military
military thinking track
Those single-track military minds never think to ask their cleaning staff for help in giant lethal marauding creature matters. Robin McKinley
military government knowing
Corruption is knowing when something is not being done, knowing when the American people are being left unprotected and when you make a decision not to do something to protect the American people And you effectively allow 9/11 to occur. That is the ultimate form of government corruption-dereliction of duty. That's subject in the military to prosecution, to court martial. Frankly, if not treason. Robert Wright
military successful thinking
If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience. Robert M. Gates
military marine fighting
We should never lose sight of the ethos that has made the Marine Corps - where 'every Marine is a rifleman' - one of America's cherished institutions and one of the world's most feared and respected fighting forces
military responsibility america
It has become clear that America 's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long - relative to what we spend on the military, and more important, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world.
military commitment wind
Every time we have come to the end of a conflict, somehow we have persuaded ourselves that the nature of mankind and the nature of the world have changed on an enduring basis and so we have dismantle our military and intelligence capabilities. My hope is that as we wind down in Iraq and whatever the level of our commitment in Afghanistan, that we not forget the basic nature of humankind has not changed.
military boots strategy
There will be boots on the ground if there's to be any hope of success in the strategy.
military giving attention
I give extraordinary attention to military active duty, reserve and National Guard, and their families. Sanford Bishop
military tyrants passing-away
The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off. William Henry Harrison
military want rivalry
I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want. William Tecumseh Sherman
military war
War is cruel and you cannot refine it.
military army men
An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
military thinking names
I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers.
military white long
Since shotguns are not military weapons, your local sporting goods dealer will have good information about them, as long as you aren't black, Spanish, or a white freak. William Powell
military war iraq
One of the lessons learned during the Vietnam War was that the depiction of wounded soldiers, of coffins stacked higher than their living guards, had a negative effect on the viewing public. The military in Iraq specifically banned the photographing of wounded soldiers and coffins, thus sanitizing this terrible and bloody conflict. Walter Dean Myers
military president protection
In 2009, US President [Barack] Obama said that the missile defense only serves as protection from Iranian nuclear missiles. But now there is an international treaty with Iran that bans Tehran from developing a potential military nuclear project. Vladimir Putin
military war long
The fact is that there was a long war in which Serbia and its capital Belgrade were bombarded and attacked with missiles. It was a military intervention of the West and NATO against the then rump Yugoslavia.
military army numbers
I, serial number 30743, Major General Yitzhak Rabin, am a soldier in the army of peace. Yitzhak Rabin
military leader world
Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.
military believe men
I was a military man for 27 years. I fought so long as there was no chance for peace. I believe that there is now a chance for peace, a great chance. We must take advantage of it for the sake of those standing here, and for those who are not here - and they are many.
military firsts renown
Renown awaits the commander who first restores artillery to its prime importance on the battlefield. Winston Churchill
military communication air
Air power can either paralyze the enemy's military action or compel him to devote to the defense of his bases and communications a share of his straitened resources far greater that what we need in the attack.
military war mean
The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the Air. The Fighters are our salvation . . . but the Bombers alone provide the means of victory. . . . In no other way at present visible can we hope to overcome the immense military power of Germany.
military communication land
It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror, though under other pretexts, should be reviewed. Otherwise we shall come into control of an utterly ruined land . . . The destruction of Dresden remains a serious query against the conduct of Allied bombing . . . I feel the need for more precise concentration upon military objectives, such as oil and communications behind the immediate battle-zone, rather than on mere acts of terror and wanton destruction, however impressive.
military writing bears
I have not always been wrong. History will bear me out, particularly as I shall write that history myself.
military unbearable defeat
In defeat, unbeatable; in victor, unbearable
military victory retreat
Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.
military long speech
I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.
military men together
Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world.
military agreement two
No two on earth in all things can agree. All have some daring singularity.
military men battle
Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valor, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.
military enemy matter
No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.
military government democracy
Democracy is the best form of the worst type of government