Ex Military Quotes

Aside from an intervention, which I don't think is on anybody's mind, Iraq is going to have defend for itself.

Some people just join the military because they need college money. Then they're idiots and college wasn't going to help.

The U.S. can no longer be the sheriff for the whole world. We can't be everywhere, and we can't always use military boots on the ground. We have to plan with people who have boots on the ground.

If I didn't have air supremacy, I wouldn't be here.

The necessary and wise subordination of the military to civil power must be sustained.

The proof of a man is the danger test, That shows him up at his worst or best.

The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan.

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.

[A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.

[Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.

We should never allow computers to make inherently governmental decisions in terms of the application of military force, even if that's happening on the internet.

The military is already sexually integrated.

Don't disparage America's military.

[Donald Trump] gets a 19 percent higher approval rating than [Hillary Clinton] does ,among military members.

We would take millions [of undocumented illegal] if they would serve in the military.

At a time when we must seek to rebuild trust between law enforcement and the local community, I am deeply concerned that the deployment of military equipment and vehicles sends a conflicting message.

There is a great inertia about all military operations of any size. But once this inertia has been overcome and underway they are almost as hard to arrest as to initiate.

Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online.

Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.

I think General Pershing was the most military figure I've ever seen.

You cannot organize civilization around the core of militarism and at the same time expect reason to control human destinies.

Our poetry emulates the recent progress in military strategy: Our army's strength is the foot soldiers.

I'm not a representative of the military establishment. I came in with the Reagan Administration in 1981 as a presidential appointee.

The Air Force is pulling nine cargo aircraft from military operations to support President Obama's stepped-up visits to campaign events. Good, now he can carry his entire ego with him on the trail.

Why become enlightened? Why join the military? Why get married? Why cross the ocean? It is a personal choice. There is something in a person that draws them to the light.

Women are needed in the military because there aren't enough soldiers, and we're seeing more women serve.

In Armenia, the power de facto belongs to those who opted to take violent action in Karabakh. We are dealing with a military dictatorship that utilizes some kind of democratic procedures.

I don't fly any awards at the house. Any award you get is usually for something you've done in the past. And I like to keep looking forward.

Having been in the military myself, there is an awful moment when you're in this moment of conflict.

The capacity of any conqueror is more likely than not to be an illusion produced by the incapacity of his adversary.

The domestic career is no more natural to all women than the military career is natural to all men.

A strong foundation exists for immediate military action against Saddam Hussein and for a multilateral effort to rebuild Iraq after he is gone.

The soldier is the army.

Tanks are new and special weapon-newer than, as special, and certainly as valuable as the airplane.

2.2 billion worth of military equipment had been stripped from U.S. Forces in West Germany and America and shipped to Israel in an unprecedented day and night airlift.

We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans, and confront the worst threats before they emerge.

We will fight with full force and might of the United States military.

And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

Not every action requires military action. As a matter of fact, military action is the very last resort for us.

...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.

He's my man, he was great

Somebody accused us of hiring him and putting him there. He was a classic.

The best way to fight evil is to do some good. Let me qualify that—the best way to fight evil at home is to do some good. The best way to fight them abroad is to unleash the military.

I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family. That's an important part of building morale in the military.

And we will win the war, and there will be costs. But the military folks understand that, and so do I, and so does the Secretary of Defense.

We increased expenses, particularly in two areas: the military. If I put somebody in harm's way, they're going to get the best, as far as I'm concerned.

If you've got somebody in harm's way, you want the president being -- making advice, not -- be given advice by the military, and not making decisions based upon the latest Gallup poll or focus group.

This will not be a campaign of half measures, and we will accept no outcome except victory.

Coalition forces have encountered serious violence in some areas of Iraq. Our military commanders report that this violence is being insticated by three groups.

And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.