Ex Military Quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Even a pacifist should admire the military virtues.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Only the dead will know the end of the war.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Valor is superior to number.

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

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

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?

Anyone who's not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you're advancing ?

Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.

Everyone's heard about the military-industrial complex, but they know very little about the medical-industrial complex...(in) a medical arms race.

It is no longer a question of controlling a military-industrial complex, but rather, of keeping the United States from becoming a totally military culture.

We see a more assertive Russia, which has implemented a very significant military buildup over several years, and a Russia which has used military force against neighbors, especially Ukraine.

White House and State Department foreign-policy experts are overwhelmingly directed towards military and diplomatic issues, not development issues.

Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in many cases.

I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places.

The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a nuclear power.

I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.

Business, especially big business, is now organized like an army. It is, as some would say, a sort of mild militarism without bloodshed; as I say, a militarism without the military virtues.

A sound mind in a manly body.

We need to focus on building a military that is second-to-none ... so that we can destroy Islamic terrorism.

Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.

We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.

We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.

Aviation is going to control the world economically and militarily whether we like it or not. Airpower is not merely military aviation, it is also civilian aviation and airpower is peace power.

Some of the American military obviously were thinking in terms of fighting a nuclear war. I was opposed to that.

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.

Let us understand: North Vietnam cannot defeat or humiliate the United States. Only Americans can do that.

I rose by sheer military ability to the rank of corporal.

Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility.

Often times the best military leaders were soldiers.