Ex Military Quotes

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.

My rule is: If you meet the weakest vessel, attack. If it is a vessel equal to yours, attack. And if it is stronger than yours, also attack.

The reality is that China is a much stronger power today, because the economic dimension has been added to the military and strategic one.

Take short views, hope for the best and trust in God.

He who flees will fight again.

It were better to be a soldier's widow than a coward's wife.

In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.

My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.

I do not recall to [Kim Jong-un], but it was complex. "Dear young leader of the people and chairman of the joint military commission" or something like that.

War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

In defeat, unbeatable; in victor, unbearable

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.

I don't believe that military intervention is always the right approach. What we need is a comprehensive strategy, one that advances democratization, economic reforms and equal rights for women.

There were many, many times thereafter that Don regretted having enlisted - but so has every man who ever volunteered for military service.

She had been proud of his decision to serve his country, her heart bursting with love and admiration the first time she saw him outfitted in his dress blues.

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.

No man can be a Christian and a soldier at the same time, for the two ideas are wholly incompatible.

Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they've never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.

An army is a miniature of the society which produces it.

...you have been fraternizing with warewolves overmuch! Military men can be terribly bad for one's verbal concatenation!

His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.

You may hate the war, but never hate the ones that fight. For they do not choose when or where to fight. All they chose was to protect who they love and even the people they don't know.

No one is fighting for my freedom unless they are doing it on my soil.

It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you

America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.

Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families.

More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform.

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military.

The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world.

I'm a military kid, both parents in the military - Mom did 12 years, Dad did 21, served in two wars. So discipline is something that was huge.

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

Because of his military service, Dad was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Not very good with death? Father was a military man, and military men lived with death; lived for death; lived on death. To a professional soldier, oddly enough, death was life.

Would that it were so! ... That the American military were targeting journalists.

We have the world's best military, even though he (President Barack Obama) has done everything he can to diminish it.

... enforced Christianity was the surest breeding ground for unbelief. Many men either became unbelievers or met unbelievers during their military service.

I come from a military family.

After 14 months of military service, I had a wife, a child, half an apartment, no car, and no job.

I co-founded the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council in 2005.

Ironically, the possibility that the president dodged his military service has increased his approval ratings with Democrats by 80 percent.

We must also ensure that we have the best medical care, education, and support for our military service members and their families, both when they serve and when they return to civilian life.

But at the end of the day, when the military command looks up, it sees us — the minister of defense and the prime minister. When we look up, we see nothing but the sky above us.

I'm not a military man. I wish I were, then maybe I could give some advice.

A change of opinions is almost unknown in an elderly military man.

The American military will never lose the war in Iraqif lost, it will be lost by a lack of political will.

We have the best military in the world.