Browsing Topic Best Military Quotes

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

There is nothing moderate about an ideology of endless mass military slaughter abroad and ever-tightening authoritarianism and economic exploitation at home.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.

Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight – it’s the size of the fight in the dog.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

The devastation in Gaza is unconscionable. We must urge an immediate ceasefire. The killing of Palestinians and Israelis must end. We must also take a hard look at nearly $4 billion a year in military aid to Israel. It is illegal for U.S. aid to support human rights violations.

The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

War, we have come to believe, is a spectator sport. The military and the press have turned war into a vast video arcade game. Its very essence-death-is hidden from public view.

Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way.

Imperial powers do not forgive those who expose their weaknesses or make public the sordid and immoral inner workings of empire. Empires are fragile constructions. Their power is as much one of perception as of military strength. The virtues they claim to uphold and defend, usually in the name of their superior civilization, are a mask for pillage, the exploitation of cheap labor, indiscriminate violence and state terror.

Urge all of your men to pray, not alone in church, but everywhere. Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle.Pray for the defeat of our wicked enemy whose banner is injustice and whose good is oppression. Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and Pray for Peace. We must march together, all out for God.

A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.

The best way to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon is a verifiable, tough agreement. A military solution will not fix it. It would temporarily slow down an Iranian nuclear program but it will not eliminate it.

Russia is surrounded by US offensive weapons…no Russian leader, no matter who it is, could tolerate Ukraine joining a hostile military alliance.

If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.

Over the past 30 years, we have been patiently trying to come to an agreement with the leading NATO countries regarding the principles of equal and indivisible security in Europe. In response to our proposals, we invariably faced either cynical deception and lies or attempts at pressure and blackmail, while the North Atlantic alliance continued to expand despite our protests and concerns. Its military machine is moving and, as I said, is approaching our very border.

One minute can decide the outcome of the battle, one hour – the outcome of the campaign, and one day – the fate of the country.

By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them.

Courage is being scared to death… and saddling up anyway.

If the [sanctioning] countries refuse to pay, Putin should immediately turn off the energy. Indeed, he should have done so before launching his military operation in Donbass. It is nonsensical for Russia to keep alive the economies of countries that are sending weapons to Ukrainian Nazis to kill Russians.

We will not stop military operations in Ukraine until they succeed […] there is no doubt that the goals will be achieved.

To all appearances, no one is going to even reform NATO. They are going to turn this defensive alliance into a global alliance claiming global military dominance. This is a dangerous path that is definitely doomed to failure.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.