Military Quotes

Ideals are the world's masters.

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

Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.

Tyranny is for the worst of treasons.

There is no record in the history of a nation that ever gained anything valuable by being unable to defend itself.

I don't run democracy. I train troops to defend democracy and I happen to be their surrogate father and mother as well as their commanding general.

You have a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one, and what will happen to the last one is that it will go over very quickly.

Always make your opponent think you know more than you really know.

The human race is in the best condition when it has the greatest degree of liberty.

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

Dare, will, keep silence.

The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.

There's a storm inside of us, a burning river, a drive. You push yourself further than anyone could think possible. You are never out of the fight.

He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.

It's been over a year since they've graduated, but neither of the Bush twins have found any work. Why don't they sign up (for military service in Iraq)? Do they hate America, or just freedom in general?

My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

Whilst power, superimposed, always needs the help of the police and the military, power generated from within should have little or no use of them.

Military men are the scourges of the world.

A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.

A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.

It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their promises seem to them to combine with their interests.

God forbid that India should ever become a military nation, which would be a menace to the peace of the world, and yet if things went on as they were doing, what hope was there for India and, therefore, for the world?

For us military men, it is impossible to forget.

The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.

The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort.

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.

General welfare is a general condition - maybe sound currency is general welfare, maybe markets, maybe judicial system, maybe a national defense, but this is specific welfare. This justifies the whole welfare state - the military industrial complex, the welfare to foreigners, the welfare state that imprisons our people and impoverishes our people and gives us our recession.

Anne Arundel County has become the world's epicenter of military intelligence and defense-related information technology.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996.

I got off a plane today at the airbase and I met a whole bunch of military folks there waiting to see me, they all made reference to my son and his military service and expressed their condolences. And although it's still kind of an open wound, it gave me a sense of strength knowing they all meant it.

My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.

Nations are political and military entities, and so are blocs of nations. But it doesn't necessarily follow from this that they are also the basic, salient entities of economic life or that they are particularly useful for probing the mysteries of economic structure, the reasons for rise and decline of wealth. Indeed, the failure of national governments and blocs of nations to force economic life to do their bidding suggests some sort of essential irrelevance.

I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

My hope is that gays will be running the world, because then there would be no war. Just a greater emphasis on military apparel.

It is not a struggle merely of economic theories, or forms of government or of military power. At issue is the true nature of man. Either man is the creature whom the psalmist described as a little lower than the angels ... or man is a soulless, animated machine to be enslaved, used and consumed by the state for its own glorification. It is, therefore, a struggle which goes to the roots of the human spirit, and its shadow falls across the long sweep of man's destiny.

All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.

Israel is in the midst of a difficult military and diplomatic campaign against terrorists. An organisation that works to prove allegations that Israel is committing war crimes should be so good as to do so with its own resources and not with civilian national service volunteers and state funds.

The idea of aerial military surveillance dates back to the Civil War, when both the Union and the Confederacy used hot-air balloons to spy on the other side, tracking troop movements and helping to direct artillery fire.

Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.

Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've become accustomed to the title of Military Superpower, forgetting the qualities that got us there. We've become accustomed to our economic dominance in the world, forgetting that it wasn't reckless deals and get rich quick schemes that got us where we are, but hard work and smart ideas, quality products and wise investments.

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency.

This is still a man's profession, with a lot of men who intellectually and emotionally have not accepted that the military could be women's work.