Military Quotes

"Triumphant science and technology are only at the threshold of man's command over sources of energy so stupendous that, if used for military purposes, they can wipe out our entire civilization"

Cordell Hull, Public Servant

"The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country"

Norm Dicks, Politician

"In fact, the U.S. military has bent over backwards to respect the religious beliefs of some very dangerous fanatics who want to kill us"

Linda Chavez, Author

"During the Fifties, political and military activities in Vietnam were heavily influenced by the French, who as recent colonial masters, made all-important decisions"

Nguyen Cao Ky, Politician

"But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility"

Erwin Rommel, Soldier

"My first few films were institutional comedies, and you're on pretty safe ground when you're dealing with an institution that vast numbers of people have experienced: college, summer camp, the military, the country club"

Harold Ramis, Actor

"Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA"

Ed Markey, Politician

"But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger"

Bob Schieffer, Journalist

"A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand"

Francis Parkman, Historian

"Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides"

Albert Bushnell Hart, Historian

"Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity"

Karl Von Clausewitz, Soldier

"This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to rule out such a possibility in the future. Precisely this is the background to the United States' military interventions"

Ulrich Beck, Sociologist

"And, so I set my goals on astronaut because, as a military aviator, it was, I considered that to be about the peak of a flying career"

Duane G. Carey, Astronaut

"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, Sociologist

"You get a lawyer whether you're in a military tribunal or whether you're in a federal court, number one. The attorney general decided that the court with the biggest - with the greatest venue, with the best jurisdiction was the New York court. That was the right decision to make"

Joe Biden, Vice President

"Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined"

Tom Lantos, Diplomat

"I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest"

Jeane Kirkpatrick, Diplomat

"All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines"

Amar Bose, Inventor

"There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa"

Barbara Amiel, Journalist

"The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little more infusion of Western aid, loans, technology and the hard currency of our tourists"

Barbara Amiel, Journalist

"A military life has ever comported with my inclination"

George Stoneman, Soldier

"One of the things that makes our military the best in the world is the certain knowledge of each soldier, sailor, airman, and Marine that they can always count on their comrades should they need help - that they will never be abandoned"

Jon Kyl, Politician

"The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts"

Russ Feingold, Politician

"He is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational arts, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general. Other than that he's a great military man"

Norman Schwarzkopf, Soldier

"We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded"

Neil Sheehan, Journalist

"We citizens don't need to know every detail of every military operation in this new kind of war. Nor should the media tell us and hence our enemy"

David Hackworth, Soldier

"After this urgent protest against entering into battle at Gettysburg according to instructions - which protest is the first and only one I ever made during my entire military career - I ordered my line to advance and make the assault"

John B. Hood, Soldier

"From a viable economy to the full funding of Headstart, from a clean environment to true equality for women, from a strong military to a commitment to racial brotherhood, from schools that are honored to streets free of excessive violence"

Paul Tsongas, Politician

"There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished"

Janis Karpinski, Soldier

"Military intelligence interrogators, however, their goal is to get information, to save lives, to stop the war, to find Saddam - whatever the information is going to be used for, at whatever cost"

Janis Karpinski, Soldier

"Any time the United States government turns over an American citizen, including military personnel, to the government of another country, it is in our nature to want to make sure that they receive the best treatment, the fairest treatment, and the most humane treatment"

Howard Baker, Statesman

"We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching"

Ralph Regula, Politician

"The result is that you are now experiencing what we experienced in the war in Algeria: The Israeli government says that it is a victim of terrorist activity, but this activity is less visible than the military strikes"

Jean-Marie Le Pen, Politician

"And so, I was not a military test pilot, but as soon as NASA expressed an interest in flying scientists and people who were not military test pilots, that was an epiphany that just came like a stroke of lightning"

Story Musgrave, Astronaut

"I have drawn a very close bond to all the military people"

Toby Keith, Musician

"I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined the army after war was declared"

Patrick MacGill, Journalist

"Bin Laden is remarkably eager for Americans to know why he doesn't like us, what he intends to do about it and then following up and doing something about it in terms of military actions"

Michael Scheuer, Public Servant

"The highly skilled workers at Lima have enabled the plant to grow far beyond its original mission, now providing a wide variety of cutting-edge military vehicles and equipment to the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps"

Michael Oxley, Politician

"We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn"

Charles Vest, Educator

"During the 2000 election, the current administration told our military, help is on the way. That is clearly not the case. The administration has failed to request the funds needed for the defense of this Nation. We must give the Army what it needs"

Ike Skelton, Politician

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