Military Quotes - page 10

This experience actually means the very opposite: the largest military power was unable to stop such a sensitive attack and will be unable to rule out such a possibility in the future. Precisely this is the background to the United States' military interventions. (Ulrich Beck)
Lastly, there is bankruptcy, as the United States pours its economic resources into ever more grandiose military projects and shortchanges the education, health, and safety of its citizens. View quote
Chalmers Johnson
I find a difference in British spy fiction and American spy fiction. In the American version, it's more militaristic, partly because the CIA has more of the military makeup. Whereas MI6 is more of a cerebral, intelligence-based, relationship-based service, i.e., all they do is recruit people to get information out of them. View quote
Charles Cumming
Our military machine will crush Iraq in a matter of days and there's no question that it will. View quote
Bill O'Reilly
I heard an Israeli speaking on Palestinian human rights issues, an interesting guy, and he said "There's no military solution to terrorism. If there were, Israel would be the safest place in the world. But there's no military solution." View quote
Bradley Whitford
War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced. View quote
Alva Myrdal
You know things have gone bad when military marches pass for pop music. View quote
James Patterson
On completion of my military service, I went back to the factory and to the trade union. View quote
Leon Jouhaux
So long as peace is not attained by law (so argue the advocates of armaments) the military protection of a country must not be undermined, and until such is the case disarmament is impossible. View quote
Ludwig Quidde
There's no doubt West Point impacted who I am... It has an enormous emphasis, not only on military aspects, but character development. Whether it's the honor code, or the interactions you have, both with the cadet leadership and the academy leadership, every place you are is a character test. View quote
Mike Pompeo
In "Three Cups of Tea" I was fairly critical of the military. And I mentioned that they're laptop warriors and there's no boots on the ground. But I can say now that they've gone through a tremendous learning curve. (Greg Mortenson)
When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus. View quote
Lactantius
Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment. View quote
Wendell Willkie
This was the period when I used all the influence I had to get the British to abandon their export trade, and as much as possible convert all of their manufacturing facilities to the immediate needs of the war, including civilian, as well as military requirements. View quote
W. Averell Harriman
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. View quote
Ernest King
One was to be a cowboy and another was to be in the military. I grew up extremely patriotic and riding horses. View quote
Chris Kyle
The word 'geek' today does not mean what it used to mean. A geek isn't the skinny kid with a pocket protector and acne. There can be computer geeks, video game geeks, car geeks, military geeks, and sports geeks. Being a geek just means that you're passionate about something. View quote
Olivia Munn
We were in the Arabian Desert for nine months. And I was having the time of my life. It could have been an archeological expedition, a military expedition. View quote
Peter O'Toole
I think they are paying a lot more attention to news now, by the way, in part because of national-security issues. A lot of young people have friends or family in the military today. View quote
Tom Brokaw
The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else. View quote
William Westmoreland
For when we talk about the spreading power and influence of globalization, arent we really referring to the spreading economic and military might of the US? (Fredric Jameson)
But if you're going to go out on a military unit, you've got to allow yourself to be under the control of the commander because you really could put the troops in danger. View quote
Bob Schieffer
The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country. View quote
Kim Jong-un
Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides. View quote
Albert Bushnell Hart
I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement? View quote
Albert Wynn