1023 Military Quotes for You to Enjoy

In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals. H. R. McMaster

Political Goals Achieve Power Military Thinking Defense Others Must About Rather Driven Leading Ideas Instrument Operations Years Iraq Up Than Afghanistan Just Ends Sustain Regarded Just One Themselves Successful Wars Military Operations Coordinated

Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case. H. R. McMaster

You Army People Criticism Some People Military Think Everything Hey Frank Intolerable Some About Case Environment Misunderstanding Opposite Want

Americans knock themselves out, especially since 9/11, praising the military. H. W. Brands

Military Out Knock Since Praising American Themselves

In modern times, the American military has become more bureaucratised. H. W. Brands

Become Military More Times American Modern Modern Times American Military

In the midst of the war against ISIS, we have also waged war on corruption in civil and military institutions. Haider al-Abadi

War Corruption Military Civil Institutions Also Waged Against Midst

It is better for the Arab countries themselves to interfere out of their national, humanitarian, political and military duties and to do what is necessary to stop the bloodshed in Syria. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Better Political National Military Syria Arab Arab Countries Out Countries Bloodshed Duties Stop Themselves Interfere Humanitarian Necessary

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. Hans Blix

The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy. Harold Russell

Democracy Power Military States Must Civil Constitutional Lead Over Contempt Inevitably Issue Ultimate Lines Authority Any Whether Tolerate Actions Military Power United Away United States

I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border. Harrison Salisbury

Year Military Side State Visited Presumably Border Constant Weapons Area Readiness Targets Trained Chinese Across Nuclear Last Nuclear Weapons Last Year

Music has shaped men's fashion, and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads, but music and fashion are connected genetically. Hedi Slimane

Music Fashion Men Military Difficult Heritage Out Shaped Leads Genetically Witty Manner Figure Who Connected Riding Playful

I would say that during my lifetime, one of the worst political scandals in Sweden was absolutely what happened surrounding the affair of the submarines in Swedish waters in 1982, where there were supposed to be Russian submarines close to Stockholm. And the military of Sweden never got one up. Henning Mankell

Political Military Waters Say Worst Scandals Would Russian Absolutely Lifetime Never Supposed Got Affair Were Up Surrounding Close Stockholm Where Happened Sweden Swedish

America means far more than a continent bounded by two oceans. It is more than pride of military power, glory in war, or in victory. It means more than vast expanse of farms, of great factories or mines, magnificent cities, or millions of automobiles and radios. Herbert Hoover

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The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists. Herbert Read

Quality Culture Worth Wealth Power Military Philosophers Valued Civilization Poets Individuals Terms Material Material Wealth Representative Artists Achievements Military Power

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs. Herman Kahn

Best Needs Welfare First Military Think Defense Defense Budget Programs Resources Those Only Budget Opposed Get Place Social Who Social Welfare

Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain. Hideki Tojo

Any time the United States government turns over an American citizen, including military personnel, to the government of another country, it is in our nature to want to make sure that they receive the best treatment, the fairest treatment, and the most humane treatment. Howard Baker

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We won't always have the strongest military. Howard Dean

Military Strongest Always

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. Ibrahim Babangida

Freedom Me You Liberty Military Society Our Way Complex Would Lay Put Mission Sought Were Regime Ask Foundations

Military is a great place for a jock. That's the first thing they test you, they test you physically. If you can run, if you can do the pushups, it's not as hard a transition. If you can't do that, you're going to have a problem because they're going to really work it out of you or work it into you. Ice T

It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty. Ike Skelton

Together Will Military States Those Signal Possible Vital Civilians Clearest Forces Iraq American Send Commit Rewarded Against American Military Who Military Forces United Acts United States Amnesty Violence

A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan. Iqbal Quadir

Government Military Anathema Tribes Hierarchy Diverse Afghanistan Population

As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer. J. D. Vance

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