Quotes About Military

I've been as a pilot involved in the Gulf War. And then, in the No-Fly Zone

The military caste did not originate as a party of patriots, but as a party of bandits

When war becomes the most profitable course of action, we can certainly expect more of it.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

A "just war" - if there could be such a thing - would not require conscription. Volunteers would be plentiful.

The war in Vietnam is going well and will succeed.

I should deem a man-of-war incomplete without a body of Marines...imbued with that esprit that has so long characterized the "Old Corps."

Great battles are won with artillery.

The most important thing today is to stop US wars.

The cause of war is preparation for war.

The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.

We must not again underestimate the Japanese.

When our new armies are ready it seems folly to send them to Flanders, where they will chew barbed wire, or be wasted in futile frontal attacks.

The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over a limited theatre of war.

My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of the higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

Riot – A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.

It is the fashion these days to make war, and presumably it will last a while yet.

The gallantry and aggressive fighting spirit of the Russian soldiers command the American army's admiration.

Only one military organization can hold and gain ground in war-a ground army supported by tactical aviation with supply lines guarded by the navy.

Generals who save troops for the next day are always beaten.

Three years into the war, tens of thousands of American troops remain targets of a growing Iraqi insurgency.

I remember serving in Vietnam in that war, and many of us at the major Lieutenant Colonel, colonel level were frustrated that no one in the U.S. wanted to debate it that way.

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

Nothing remains static in war or military weapons, and it is consequently often dangerous to rely on courses suggested by apparent similarities in the past.