Ex Military Quotes

Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.

The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one’s country

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

If we come to a minefield, our infantry attacks exactly as it were not there.

We will work with industrial or Dept. Of Defence sponsorship as long as we keep our principals of openness firm we're proud to work with the military, and they respect that in turn.

Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated.

When the situation is obscure, attack

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

I don't mind being called tough, since I find in this racket it's the tough guys who lead the survivors.

Only force rules. Force is the first law

I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world!

The most important thing in fighting was shooting, next the various tactics in coming into a fight and last of all flying ability itself.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

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.

General Otis is proclaimed American Military Governor of the Philippines and I protest a thousand times and with all the force in my soul against such pretension.

The harder the fighting and the longer the war, the more the infantry, and in fact all the arms, lean on the gunners.

Good tactics can save even the worst strategy. Bad tactics will destroy even the best strategy.

Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself.

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor.

Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.

Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Artillery adds dignity, to what would otherwise be an ugly brawl.

Whatever obstacles appear in your path, put your head down and get past them. Those obstacles aren't real. They're just God's way of testing you. He's asking you, 'Do you want to make it or not?'

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

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.

Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.

We are determined that before the sun sets on this terrible struggle, Our Flag will be recognized throughout the World as a symbol of Freedom on the one hand and of overwhelming force on the other.

For over 221 years our Corps has done two things for this great Nation. We make Marines, and we win battles.

I never trust a fighting man who doesn't smoke or drink.

Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending.

I do not have to tell you who won the war. You know, the artillery did.

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world.

It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.

How many things apparently impossible have nevertheless been performed by resolute men who had no alternative but death.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live.

We will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might, and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.

The brave man, inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.

He who commands the sea has command of everything.

All men are timid on entering any fight. Whether it is the first or the last fight, all of us are timid. Cowards are those who let their timidity get the better of their manhood.