Ex Military Quotes

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military.

The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.

the military system of a nation is not an independent section of the social system but an aspect of its totality.

I went to military college in Canada and graduated as an officer in the Navy but also as an engineer.

Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.

Successful organizations, including the Military, have learned that the higher the risk, the more necessary it is to engage everyone's commitment and intelligence.

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and had worked with a contact with the Central Intelligence Agency office there.

I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines.

Toxic remnants of war represent a profound challenge for the protection of public health and the restoration of the environment in countries affected by conflict.

I don't want to see the military falling. I want to see the military rising to dignified heights of professionalism and true patriotism.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture.

I see you have returned, my love; and your mood is as dark as ever. Did your soldiers not adore you to your complete satisfaction?

The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.

Morale is good; troops are confident; leaders are capable.

Valor is superior to number.

The military taught me discipline, how to problem solve, teamwork and loyalty, a perfect parallel to the kitchen. If we could take that and bottle it, it would be a amazing thing.

The only way you can do that [decrease taxes, balance the budget, and increase military spending] is with mirrors.

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all drinking, he said, except that there were frequent intervals of eating and love making.

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.

In Burma, our main goal in amending the constitution is not to phase out the military from politics. Our main point is to put the constitution in line with international standards and norms.

Only the dead will know the end of the war.

It was possibly the most circumspect advance in the history of military maneuvers, right down at the bottom end of the scale that things like the Charge of the Light Brigade are at the top of.

If you don’t have a good idea of what to do next after using military force, then don’t use it in the first place.

I did the first study because I had been exposed to something that I took to be important and interesting - this thought reform process - in the military.

America's military is the best in the world, but this president [Barack Obama] is hollowing out our military. We need a commander in chief that believes in American exceptionalism again.

The Second Amendment was designed explicitly to protect weapons that would be useful in a military context.

In military school, on day one you must memorize the mission of the Merchant Marine Academy.

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

Most of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.

I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.

There will be boots on the ground if there's to be any hope of success in the strategy.

I did my military service from 1989 - 92 and I was never shot at or had to fire on anybody. I was very lucky. I was more involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence.

The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of every other country in the world put together.

To "bear arms" is, in itself, a military term. One does not bear arms against a rabbit.

A military life had no charms for me, and I had not the faintest idea of staying in the army even if I should be graduated, which I did not expect.

I reckon that there won't be an intervention in the near future, because Georgia's military adventure revealed the weakness of the Russian army.

Pray devoutly, but hammer stoutly.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.

U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness.

Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?

From their maneuvers and their terrific speed I am certain their flight performance was greater than any aircraft known today.

There is only one decisive victory: the last.

To ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad, we all share the belief we have to maintain the strongest military on the planet.