Quotes About Military

In a typically grandiose description of the military exploits of Pharaoh Amenemhet I, who ruled Egypt from 1985 to 1956 BCE, the enemies of Egypt are represented as nonhuman predators. "I subdued lions, I captured crocodiles," he boasted. "I repressed those of Wawat, I captured the Medjai, I made the Asiatics do the dog walk.

A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror -- and they last longer.

Abraham Wald pointed out how even the best minds of the US military can be fooled by the winners. His analysis showed that a careful study of survivors can tell us a lot about the non-survivors, who are sometimes difficult or impossible to observe. Most importantly, he demonstrated that we should pay close attention to both survivors and non-survivors before drawing conclusions.

David M. Glantz

David M. Glantz

Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?

Good soldiers, bad officers; however don't forget that without them we would not have any Civilization.

If short hair and good manners won football games, Army and Navy would play for the national championship every year.

Marines are very good at fighting... And if Gen. Franks wants fighters on the ground and he puts Marines in, he'll have what he wants.

Today was a good day for Hill Air Force Base and Utah.

I think that - that the disruptive nature, the tough talk on North Korea, the military deployments, sending the missile defense system to South Korea, I think these are all good things to have done.

We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which governments and peoples have participated, no corresponding change has been wrought in the aspect of the world's armaments.

The most fundamental purpose of government is defense, not empire.

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

The governments and the hard-headed military establishment and the general conservative part of America have never taken much interest in democracy, anyway.

Every decision in government is so important, especially when it comes to the military where thousands of people can lose their lives.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

If President Obama really wants to hurt the Syrian government, don't send cruise missiles. He should send over some of his economic advisers.

I'm optimistic because I'm pragmatic: Neither of the two sides, the military government nor the Islamic front, is capable of winning. If they continue to fight, they will both bleed to death.

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.

A world government can intervene militarily in the internal affairs of any nation when it disapproves of their activities.

How is it that we can militarily overthrow a military government like Iraq, yet we can't militarily keep illegalities (drugs and aliens) from crossing our borders?

Where the Government is weak, military sway prevails.