Quotes About Military

A country run by law is a country ruined by lawyers. It is neurologically impossible for a lawyer or a military man to think creatively or to act in harmony with nature.

Be wary of paramilitaries. When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching with torches and pictures of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.

There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what burdens they carry.

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there.

When I was an Independent I believed the same things I believe now as a Democrat. I was an Independent because I was a military officer. I felt like that was the best thing to do because I wanted to be a leader and I didn't want to influence people under me in that way.

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

I think you jump into things without thinking ahead very much because I had never been in an airplane - even in a commercial airliner. I had never flown at all. I just wanted to be commissioned, to be a commissioned officer.

I am an armor officer.

The constant movement of a military life can be tough on children. My father was an officer in the army, and I was forced to change elementary schools six times.

Scott Ritter is a very well-known archetype of a certain U.S. military officer. Very hard talking, very ambitious, zealous, and completely consumed with carrying out his mission. He's a guy who, throughout his career, I would say, did not break rules, but he worked around road blocks.

I was an intelligence officer for what was then 8th Air Force, B-52 Air Force.

The lessons I learned as an officer, the challenges I've faced, and the camaraderie I've experienced are at the core of who I am.

I graduated from college when I was 20. To get enough money to finish college, I went into the ROTC, and I was an officer in the Air Force before I could buy a drink.

That is why every military officer fights - so that there may be peace.

I'd always also been interested in being in the army because my dad was in the army and my brother is an officer in the army.

My father was an army officer who left the forces when I was six and never really fitted back into civilian life. My mother had five children and a mother with Alzheimer's, who lived with us, so I imagined that she had a lot to do.

As a member of the House Armed Services Committee and a retired Flag Officer, I understand how critical it is to keep the military ready to fight.

Lots of army officers... a large number still believe that I have done my best for this country. They respect me.

I'm not a fan of Secretary Rumsfeld. I don't think he listens enough to his uniformed officers.

It's like I learned in the military: the officers always ate last. When you're responsible for people, that's how it should be.

I think, in general, we've created an environment where we've done away with the sort of day-to-day training that's necessary, including crisis intervention, behavioral health training - the kinds of things that we know that both protect officers and the community - and moved away to a highly military, advanced SWAT team mentality.

To be sure Plato did not favor 'affirmative action' to fill political and military offices in his own society; nor did he enroll women in his school.

The exploration for oil and gas off our shores can play a role in making energy more affordable and accessible... However, effective safety measures must be in place, and exploration must be done in an environmentally sensitive manner that in no way interferes with our military.

I was hoping I could die of old age in the military, but they wouldnt let me.