Military Quotes

"Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery"

Ed Wood, Director

"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"

Oliver North, Soldier

"We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other"

Nguyen Cao Ky, Politician

"We ask them to remove the missiles deployed against Taiwan, give up their military threat, and instead let us together open the door to cross-Strait peaceful and stable dialogue and negotiations"

Chen Shui-bian, Statesman

"Nothing matures a military force quicker than actual military operations"

Duncan Hunter, Politician

"Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible"

Chris Cannon, Politician

"The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars"

William Westmoreland, Soldier

"I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States"

Barbara Lee, Politician

"Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice"

Robert Kagan, Writer

"If it wasn't for the military I probably would not have ever come to Bosnia for vacation"

Coolio, Musician

"I thought what the military was doing was unconstitutional"

Fred Korematsu, Celebrity

"And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family"

Rene Cassin, Judge

"Since far fewer people are recruited to serve in a voluntary military, the connection between America and its military is increasingly tenuous and less personal"

John McHugh, Politician

"My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew a lot about and was fond of the Army"

Stuart Symington, Businessman

"In my view, America has never had the opportunity to enter paradise. Europe enjoys the paradise it enjoys, in part because the United States provides the overall security that allows Europe to live in a system where military power is not a major issue"

Robert Kagan, Writer

"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"

Oded Fehr, Actor

"I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad"

Leonard Boswell, Politician

"Across the country military families are facing dire financial circumstances due to longer than expected tours of duties. They are being penalized for their patriotism - no one should have to choose between doing right by their country and doing right by their families"

Evan Bayh, Politician

"I think in national security, the war in Iraq is troublesome and a difficult challenge, but our troops and the military leaders we have are managing that situation, although it continues to be very risky and very dangerous"

Thad Cochran, Politician

"The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it be natural or a terrorist attack, there's only one part of our entire government, state or local, that is equipped to handle it, and that's the U.S. military"

Warren Rudman, Politician

"The language of the younger generation has the brutality of the city and an assertion of threatening power at hand, not to come. It is military, theatrical, and at its most coherent probably a lasting repudiation of empty courtesy and bureaucratic euphemism"

Elizabeth Hardwick, Critic

"I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military"

Robert Jay Lifton, Psychologist

"The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else"

William Westmoreland, Soldier

"Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands"

Jared Diamond, Author

"Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It's called Four Blind Mice and it's a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military"

James Patterson, Author

"The successful establishment of a buffer zone around Fort Carson will provide an example for other bases around the country as we seek to protect the training mission of the U.S. military while preserving critical habitats on our ranges"

Wayne Allard, Politician

"Then I have a head mounted display which actually was designed for the military to do synchronized building entries and that's looking down at my hands, so projected on the big screen behind me, you can see my hands as I'm putting the tracks together"

Thomas Dolby, Musician

"Nevertheless, I do know that we are part of a danger zone, we have military operations in Afghanistan and we're training the Iraqi police force. The terrorists also have us in their sights"

Otto Schily, Public Servant

"As to the war, while it is always thought rash to have any strong military convictions, I have always believed that if they would go straight to Sebastopol early in the season they would take it with little difficulty"

Francis W. Newman, Writer

"Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, 'Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how we're doing it.'"

Brad Thor, Novelist

"Our military is doing everything it can to equip Iraq's forces so our troops can come home as soon as possible, but we cannot leave until the job is done"

Mike Rogers

"The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy"

Aaron McGruder, Artist

"Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources"

Martin van Creveld, Historian

"In our post-9/11 world, our Nation's military deserves, at least the same access to institutions of higher education that any other major employer might enjoy"

Mike Rogers

"I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it"

William Odom, Soldier

"We do a hard fantasy as well as hard science fiction, and I think I probably single-handedly recreated military science fiction. It was dead before I started working in it"

Jerry Pournelle, Journalist

"Most people associate command and control leadership with the military"

Margaret J. Wheatley, Writer

"Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them"

Jack Kingston, Politician

"Our nation's military and law enforcement personal work hard to protect us. We must thank them for their continued vigilance. Without their sacrifice we would less capable of protecting our nation"

Leonard Boswell, Politician

"We must continue to ensure law enforcement has the necessary tools to combat terrorism here at home. We must also work with our allies and provide our military with the weapons and protective gear they need to defeat terrorism abroad"

Timothy Murphy, Soldier

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