Ex Military Quotes

There is no limit to the noble aspirations which the words "my country" may evoke.

There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace.

Democracy has no convictions for which people would be willing to stake their lives.

The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose . to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.

Take calculated risks.

All glory is fleeting.

It is no coincidence that when the thugs tried to wrest control over Grenada, there were 30 Soviet advisors and hundreds of Cuban military and paramilitary forces on the island.

If worse comes to worst, I say clearly - a soldier must follow military orders.

Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news.

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.

All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.

If military action in Iraq is launched without a new U.N. resolution, Canada will not participate.

Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.

In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.

A good sign that an army has been around too long is that it starts getting top-heavy with officers.

I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not Honor more.

Democracy is better than tyranny.

Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.

Why don't church leaders forbid Catholics from joining the military with the same fervor they tell Catholics to stay away from abortion clinics?

Wherever I go for the military, they always call me Lt. Dan. They just can't help it.

The United States military are preparing weapons which could be used against the aliens, and they could get us into an intergalactic war without us ever having any warning.

Without supplies no army is brave.

We'll try to include Iraqi officers in our staffs. We will do everything we can to empower Iraqi security forces to stand up on their own and operate where they can alone.

Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.

The leader must be an actor.

Audacity, audacity, always audacity.

You have no respect for excessive authority or obsolete traditions. You're dangerous and depraved, and you ought to be taken outside and shot!

Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.

Go forward until the last round is fired and the last drop of gas is expended...then go forward on foot!

The Niger Delta is an occupied territory. Citizens raise their hands in the creeks each time they see the military

No sane man is unafraid in battle, but discipline produces in him a form of vicarious courage.

Since shotguns are not military weapons, your local sporting goods dealer will have good information about them, as long as you aren't black, Spanish, or a white freak.

God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best.

Ambition, the soldier's virtue.

If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?

Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.

Our military doesn't defend our American people. Our military is the strong-arm muscle of corporations.

The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges.

I seek to lead a democratic Pakistan which is free from the yoke of military dictatorship and that will cease to be a haven, the very petri dish of international terrorism.

We need to increase our military spending. We need to deal with a no- fly zone in Syria, a safe zone.

My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.

I do not believe in people owning guns. Guns should be owned only by the police and military. I am going to do everything I can to disarm this state.

There are hundreds of electromagnetic cases where spacecraft have been observed by police, military personnel and civilians to affect car engines, radios and other electric devices.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military.

A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman or military strategist.

No man can exactly calculate the capacity of human genius and stupidity, nor the incapacity of will.

It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing.

With growing experience, all skillful commanders sought to profit by the power of the defensive, even when on the offensive.