Ex Military Quotes

Of course UFOs are real-and they are interplanetary.....The cumulative evidence for the existence of UFOs is quite overwhelming and I accept the fact of their existence.

I do not believe that we must maintain a bloated military budget which spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined and may lead us to perpetual warfare in the Middle East.

Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.

Without harmony in the State, no military expedition can be undertaken; without harmony in the army, no battle array can be formed.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

We view Egypt as a good friend of America. We are in constant touch with them. We provide them economic and military assistance as part of our relationship.

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.

The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself.

Together, we can make ourselves a nation that spends more on books than on bombs, more on hospitals than the terrible tools of war, more on decent houses than military aircraft.

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.

Who says I am not under the special protection of God?

It is not big armies that win battles, it is the good ones.

Get up and get moving. Follow me!

Onward we stagger, and if the tanks come, may God help the tanks.

But if you want to change the world, don't be afraid of the circuses.

In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.

Inflict the least possible permanent injury, for the enemy of to-day is the customer of the morrow and the ally of the future

The current situation in Iraq is ultimately a crisis of governance, which has allowed extremist groups to take advantage of disillusioned segments of the Iraqi population.

The most expensive thing in the world is a second-best military establishment, good but not good enough to win.

The hardships of forced marches are often more painful than the dangers of battle

Under divine blessing, we must rely on the bayonet when firearms cannot be furnished

[Health reform] will destroy the country [because] in the next year or so [America will have to] dramatically cut the military because we can't pay for it.

America means opportunity, freedom, power.

I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination.

Had we taken ten sails, and let the eleventh to escape, being able to get at her, I could never have called it well done.

America has the mightiest military on the planet, and they didn't get there with entertainers.

...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.

I was provided with additional input that was radically different from the truth. I assisted in furthering that version.

One kills a man, one is an assassin; one kills millions, one is a conqueror; one kills everybody, one is a god.

War is an art and as such is not susceptible of explanation by fixed formula

The sergeant is the Army.

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

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace except six feet under the floor of that little chapel adjoining the museum and library at Abilene.

I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs -- there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.

A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.

The United States is not only number one in military power but also in the effectiveness of its propaganda system.

Hold what you've got and hit them where you can.

In the eyes of empire builders men are not men but instruments.

Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.

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

The German people are not a warlike nation. It is a soldierly one, which means it does not want a war, but does not fear it. It loves peace but also loves its honor and freedom

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.

So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.