- Nov 07, 2020
Military Quotes
Words on command, service, and the realities behind the uniform.
These quotes move between the strategic and the personal — reflections on command experience, the military balance between nations under strain, and the day-to-day culture inside the ranks. For related reading see Prayers.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Indian
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
- American Military
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- Nov 07, 2020
In modern times, the American military has become more bureaucratised.
- Corruption
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the midst of the war against ISIS, we have also waged war on corruption in civil and military institutions.
- Morality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Provision must be made for the extension of speedy and effective assistance when any African State is threatened with military aggression. We cannot rely solely on international morality.
- Intelligence
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- Nov 07, 2020
Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
- Bureaucracy
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- Nov 07, 2020
This always confuses liberals, that conservatives like the military and don't like the bureaucracy. That's because the military has their guns pointed out and the bureaucracy has them pointed in.
- Friend
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- Nov 07, 2020
In August 1961, I visited President Kennedy at Hyannis Port. The Berlin Wall was going up, and he was about to begin a huge military buildup - reluctantly, or so he said, as he puffed on a cigar liberated by a friend from Castro's Cuba.
- Nov 07, 2020
We don't thrive on military acts. We do them because we have to, and thank God we are efficient.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The military is very constitutionalist, and I have my faith in them and in the cooler heads of the people.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
We want peace and development in all 10 states of South Sudan - we don't want military backing.
- School
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- Nov 07, 2020