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In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! — Eddie Rickenbacker

You will come home before the leaves have fallen from the trees. — Wilhelm II

Maxim 2:
A sergeant in motion outranks a lieutenant who doesn't know what's going on.
-The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries — Howard Tayler

As has happened so often in history, victory had bred a complacency and fostered an orthodoxy which led to defeat in the next war. — B.H. Liddell Hart

Olivia responded with confidence, "You're the military. You're in charge. Why would I be scared? — Jettie Necole

Enemies are necessary for the wheels of the U.S. military machine to turn. — John Stockwell

But you have to have a vision of what kind of military you are trying to build in order to get the [budget] cuts to make sense. — Jessica Mathews

If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere. — Carl Von Clausewitz

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education. — Robert E.Lee

The military preferred - invariably - those who could be readily defined, assigned roles, understood, and controlled. — Guy Gavriel Kay

There isn't any air power in the world that can take care of the problem of sectarian divisions. — Bob Menendez

The Spartans do not enquire how many the enemy are, but where they are. — Agis II

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

No police or military in the world can protect people who are cowards. — Mahatma Gandhi

As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States. — Amy Goodman

Nobody should have any illusion about the possibility of gaining military superiority over Russia. We will never allow this to happen. — Vladimir Putin

When duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I believe we've ... we've worked very hard with the Iraqis to build a better place ever since the fall of Saddam's government. — John Abizaid

The price works so well, so efficiently, that we are not aware of it most of the time. — Milton Friedman

Here beneath the towering pines, by the river blue
Farragut will ever stand, alma mater true — Bruce A. Sarte

I realized that both the military and religious orders depend on discipline to shape people - which routine does, in a lot of ways. — Kit Reed

Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed. — Sun Tzu

It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans. — Ted Cruz

The military hospital is the most cheerful of militaty buildings because there are so few uniforms inside. — Alfred Jarry

The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military. — William J. Clinton

No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq. — Dick Morris

I absolutely hate the way the United States glorifies its military and its wars. Real heroes fight for peace. — Michel Templet

I decided to join the military to give back to my country and help pay for college. — Steve Stivers

I was in the military, and then I went to university to study biology. — Lars Mikkelsen

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood. — Pat Conroy

Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? — Ted Cruz

If Russia, if Russia had the same military power that America did, earth would be called Russia. — Greg Gutfeld

In 1997, the government spent $37 billion on military research and development, nearly two-thirds of what the entire world spent on the same. In — Morris Berman

Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours. Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it. — Joan Of Arc

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Latin America moved decisively away from military rule and toward civilian democracy. — Stephen Kinzer

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism. — Aung San Suu Kyi

I have served in the Congress during two wars and I have seen the impacts on our military, on their families and on our national deficit. — Tom Udall

Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible. — Mahatma Gandhi

Turks have long admired the sultan, Mehmet II, for his military triumphs, especially his capture of Constantinople, now known as Istanbul, in 1453. — Stephen Kinzer

The U.S. needs to control the Middle East, the gateway to Asia. It already has military installations in Uzbekistan. — Jose Saramago

My job is to give the president and secretary of defense military advice before they know they need it. — John W. Vessey Jr.

If you can't experience the humanity of people who don't look like you, you're not civilized enough to be an officer of the peace. — Ann Medlock

This was Zane Alexander, the boy who had been a Casanova since he hit puberty. — Cat Johnson

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

For they were unseasoned, nor inured, not knowing this to be much less than the beginning of sorrow. — David Jones

I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar. — Winston Churchill

We have no hesitation in declaring that we are a military nation- in the cause of Kodo and the highest morality. — Sadao Araki

("intelligence" in the military meaning; a man in a suit can be just as stupid as anybody else - only he had better not be), — Robert A. Heinlein

There's a very particular way that the military speaks. There's a lot of profanity and a lot of acronyms. — Phil Klay

Alone. "A military unit is a fine thing when it works," he said. "But it usually don't work. A solitary feat of arms is better, if the foe is worthy. — Larry McMurtry

I think it's really important for people to hear what our men and women in the military have to say. — Joe Nichols

Washington still refuses to provide evidence to support the claims in 1990 that a huge Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi border justified war. — Noam Chomsky

We aren't heroes out there in the military. We're just Patriots. — Marcus Luttrell

liberal society, in its heart, wants not only domination of the military, but acquiesence of the military toward the liberal view of life. — T.R. Fehrenbach

He had always had a gift for conjuring images in his mind's eye. It was one of the secrets of his military success. — H.W. Brands

I would say any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military. — Rick Santorum

Obedience alone gives the right to command. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Stephanos was angry, but he was still a military man, and the best path to victory was following orders. Not exacting revenge. — Evan Currie

Events such as the 1991 Tailhook debacle have been seized upon and used by feminists to attack the military culture and bring about major concessions. — Jim Webb

The difficulties of peace are better than the agony of war. — Menachem Begin

We will fight with full force and might of the United States military. — George W. Bush

I am a pilot and I run a Medical Transport Squad. That means, for most of my life I am living it up in the air." -- USN CAPT Joe Woodhaven — L.A. Kragie

Let us never forget the duty, which we have taken upon us — Adolf Hitler

Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it. — Gary Sinise

Largely because of a shortage of ammunition, the United States would be entirely unable to undertake major military operations for at least a year. — David E. Kaiser

It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States. — Vladimir Putin

If the Commander-in-Chief will look beyond the defence forces, he will discover that the real India is not military but peace-loving. — Mahatma Gandhi

Truth has a resonance to it that fills the cracks where falsehoods lie. — Rick DeStefanis

The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier in full military array. — Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham And Vaux

Operation Peace for Galilee is not a military operation resulting from the lack of an alternative. — Menachem Begin

The time is not yet ripe to say what happened. When history's ready, then we can talk about it — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

The first time I ever saw a jet, I shot it down. — Chuck Yeager

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes. — Winston Churchill

I think that the Iraqi ground defenses shot down dozens of missiles. We are in the process of counting all these missiles quickly — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

The strength of our economy allows us to maintain the mightiest military in the world, effectively enforcing a Pax Americana. — Ted Cruz

In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse. — Napoleon Bonaparte

After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian. — Chris Kyle

If you don't want gays in the military, make the uniforms ugly — Joan Rivers

We're not afraid of sanctions. We're not afraid of military invasion. What frightens us is the invasion of western immorality. — Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini

Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict. — Bobby Jindal

The world relies upon, and America must rely upon, a strong military. — Mitt Romney

History causes the military problem to become the essence of the political problem. — Vladimir Lenin

The men with stars on their shoulders supporting gays serving in the military is going to have a profound impact. — Norah O'Donnell

Now comes the reign of iron - and cased sloops are to take the place of wooden ships. — John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren

I'm not sure how paying for transgender surgery [in the military] makes our country safer. — Mike Huckabee

The military do so love shiny new technology, there's always so many ways to abuse it. — Peter F. Hamilton

Wherever the enemy goes let our troops go also. — Ulysses S. Grant

What the hell was she doing on the nonhostage side of a handgun? — Suzanne Brockmann

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off. — William Henry Harrison

All I want to say, with the utmost emphasis at my command, is that the description of India as a military country is wrong. — Mahatma Gandhi

Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics? — William Blum

The military was all about hierarchies, who urinated highest on the hydrant — Justin Cronin

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

Military Wives - Sacrificing Months of Sex for the Country. — Aditi Mathur Kumar

So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence. — Sun Tzu

The Guns, Thank God, The Guns ... — Rudyard Kipling

It has always been my temperament to prefer a tiny amount of the excellent to a plenitude of the mediocre ... — Robert Harris

As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all. — George B. McClellan

It was here I learnt that corporate principles and military principles are basically the same. Insulation. Illusion. Hype. Activity. — Tarun J. Tejpal

In the long run luck is given only to the efficient. — Helmuth James Graf Von Moltke