Quotes about Army

47 quotes about Army

If you ask me to summarise our mission, I would put it this way: We were a military regime that sought to lay the foundations for freedom and liberty in a complex society.

Quote by Ibrahim Babangida about army

The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military affairs.

Quote by Charles Babbage about army

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.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about army

As costly as it was in the lives of our men and women in uniform, in military assets, and in esteem and pride, Pearl Harbor was a watershed moment for America.

Quote by Joe Baca about army

I think you also understand that one of the key things that's got to be done in Iraq is to build a mentality of understanding that the military needs to be subordinate to civilian control and respectful of its own people.

Quote by John Abizaid about army

Well, the reports are correct that we're conducting very robust military operations on the Afghan side of the border in areas where we think al-Qaida is operating and Taliban remnants are.

Quote by John Abizaid about army

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very...

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

Quote by John Abizaid about army

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in...

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about army

I'd like to go, like they did in the time of Lysistrata, ...

I'd like to go, like they did in the time of Lysistrata, to send their generals and themselves into the head of that army.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about army

We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy...

Quote by M. H. Abrams about army

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military...

Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up.

Quote by Dean Acheson about army

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact...

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about army

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a...

Against mighty odds you held the line and faced down a huge military foe, the British Crown Forces and their surrogates in the unionist death squads.

Quote by Gerry Adams about army

At that time, the army leadership said the implementation of this agreement would allow everyone, including the IRA, to take its political objectives forward by peaceful and democratic means.

Quote by Gerry Adams about army

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made...

The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.

Quote by Gerry Adams about army

An army marches on its stomach.

An army marches on its stomach.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about army

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Quote by Winston Churchill about army

The sergeant was describing a military life. It was all...

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

Quote by Charles Dickens about army

And while national military forces have historically resisted the full participation of women soldiers, female talent has found plenty of scope in revolutionary and terrorist groups around the planet.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about army

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It...

The real peril of war lies not in military defeat. It lies in war itself, whether we win or lose.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about army

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