Military Quotes - Page 28

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

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.

If the tribal peoples actually represented Western origins at a much earlier time, it was exceedingly valuable that they should be studied intensely for clues about the nature and origin of human society. Consequently it was an injury to science and human knowledge to allow the military to simply exterminate them.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

It is God's job to forgive Osama Bin Laden. It is our job to arrange a face to face meeting.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

The basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.

If the entire Union Army comes across here, I will kill them all!

Strategic air assault is wasted if it is dissipated piecemeal in sporadic attacks between which the enemy has an opportunity to readjust defenses or recuperate.

Infantry must move forward to close with the enemy. It must shoot in order to move.... To halt under fire is folly. To halt under fire and not fire back is suicide. Officers must set the example

The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was enacted in 1865 by martial law. The Fourteenth Amendment was enacted in 1868 by martial law. The Fifteenth Amendment was enacted in 1870 by martial law. Military occupation of the Southern states did not end until 1877, twelve years after the end of the Civil War.

Because of [Amelia Earhart], we had more women available to fly in the 1940's to help us get through World War II. And because of these women, women of my generation are able to look back and say, 'Hey, they did it. They even flew military airplanes, we can do it, too.'

The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.

This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahideen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise. Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.

Sure I am this day we are masters of our fate, that the task which has been set before us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

However formidable a military power you may be, you cannot impose upon a people anything against their will.

In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.

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.

If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.

Would you respect a God you could comprehend? And yet very often that’s what we want - a God who reflects our culture, our biases, our economic, political, and military systems.

Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.