Military Quotes - Page 6

Nations whose nationalism is destroyed are subject to ruin.

The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color.

Either I will come back after hoisting the Tricolor, or I will come back wrapped in it, but I will be back for sure.

The decisive means for politics is violence.

When this war is over, the Japanese language will be spoken only in hell!

The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable soldier on earth.

The speed, accuracy and devastating power of American Artillery won confidence and admiration from the troops it supported and inspired fear and respect in their enemy.

Nothing is as strong as the heart of a volunteer.

But you must remember, my fellow-citizens, that eternal vigilance by the people is the price of liberty, and that you must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.

By calling attention to 'a well regulated militia,' 'the security of the nation,' and the right of each citizen 'to keep and bear arms,' our founding fathers recognized the essentially civilian nature of our economy... The Second Amendment still remains an important declaration of our basic civilian-military relationships in which every citizen must be ready to participate in the defense of his country. For that reason I believe the Second Amendment will always be important.

We have resolved to endure the unendurable and suffer what is insufferable.

The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

Beware the military-industrial complex.

War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.

If only more of today's military personnel would realize that they are being used by the owning elite's as a publicly subsidized capitalist goon squad.

Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power that comes from freedom of expression and research, the personal power that entitles every Arab citizen to feel that he or she is in fact a citizen, and not just a sheep in some great shepherd's flock.

Why does soldiers leave the protection of his trench hole in the ground and go forward in the face of shot and shell? It is because of the leader who is in front of him and his comrades who are around him. Comradeship makes a man feel warm and courageous when all his instincts tend to make him cold and afraid.

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

War Is A Racket : I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all members of the military profession I never had an original thought until I left the service. 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

I am up and about when I am ill, and in the most appalling weather. I am on horseback when other men would be flat out on their beds, complaining. We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.

The general verdict among the German generals I interrogated in 1945 was that Field-Marshal von Manstein had proved the ablest commander in their Army, and the man they had most desired to become its Commander-in-Chief. It is very clear that he had a superb sense of operational possibilities and equal mastery in the conduct of operations, together with a greater grasp of the potentialities of mechanized forces than any other commander who had not been trained in the tank arm. In sum, he had military genius.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign, is the jewel of the kingdom.

It is not enough to fight. It is the spirit which we bring to the fight that decides the issue. It is morale that wins the victory.