Armed Forces Quotes - Page 4

• In the armed forces, the chances of success are quite high. That's due to the clarity of the military structure - everything is sketched out. In politics, there are many more surprises and detours, and it's a lot more unpredictable.

  Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

  Military, Detours, Chance

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• My Army reserve service was in the 1990s. It was, more than anything else, an opportunity for me to express gratitude. My understanding of and admiration for the American armed forces is deeper, better informed as a result. I'm among those who believe that military or other citizen service should be an expected part of every American's life.

  James M Strock

  Gratitude, Military, Believe

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• Unless you know the mountains and the forests, the defiles and impasses, the lay of the marshes and swamps, you cannot maneuver with an armed force. Unless you use local guides, you cannot get the advantages of the land.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Land

  Sun Tzu (2005). “The Art of War”, p.121, Shambhala Publications

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• The time has come when we must proceed with the business of carrying the war to the enemy, not permitting the greater portion of our armed forces and our valuable material to be immobilized within the continental United States.

  George C. Marshall

  Military, War, Enemy

  "Times-Herald" (Washington, D.C.), (p. 1), March 3, 1942.

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• Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.

  Chester W. Nimitz

  Military, Skills, Victory

  Commander in Chief, Pacific Command (CINCPAC) Communique No. 3 after the Battle of Midway, June 6, 1942.

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• Our national defense will be consolidated and no imperialist will be allowed to invade our territory again. Our People's armed forces must be maintained and developed with the brave and steeled People's Liberation Army as their foundation. We will have not only a powerful army but also a powerful air force and a powerful navy.

  Mao Zedong

  Powerful, Army, Air

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.57, Lulu.com

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• It is not the armed forces which can protect our democracy. It is the moral strength of democracy which alone can give any meaning to the efforts at military security.

  Max Lerner

  Military, War, Giving

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• As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.

  Barbara Lee

  Mother, Daughter, Sacrifice

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• The 2.4 million bright, brave, incredibly fit and remarkably talented young Americans who have served in our armed forces since we were attacked on 9-11-01 are all volunteers. As General Petraeus put it during a conversation we had in Afghanistan, 'They all came or stayed, knowing they were going to war.' For more than a decade, these patriots and their loved ones have made extraordinary sacrifices for this country. They embody the classical definition of heroes: those who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

  Oliver North

  Country, Veterans Day, War

  "The Heroes of 2011" by Oliver North, www.foxnews.com. November 11, 2011.

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• This is an instrument in the hands of the people for fighting the fascist saboteurs, because the Chilean armed forces are a guarantee of constitutionality and integrity.

  Salvador Allende

  Integrity, Fighting, Hands

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• Relations between States, as between individuals, must be regulated not by armed force, but in accordance with...truth, justice and vigorous and sincere co-operation.

  Pope John XXIII

  Justice, Sincere, Individual

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• We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.

  Wesley Clark

  Country, War, Winning

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• I would say that my position is not too far from that of Ayn Rand's; that I would like to see government reduced to no more than internal police and courts, external armed forces - with the other matters handled otherwise. I'm sick of the way government sticks its nose in everything, now.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Government, Sick, Police

  "The Robert Heinlein Interview, and other Heinleiniana". Book by J. Neil Schulman, 1990.

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• The power of unarmed nonviolence is any day far superior to that of armed force.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Force, Ahimsa, Unarmed

  Mahatma Gandhi (1976). “Collected Works”

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• Spartan is about this elite unit of the armed forces named the Delta Force. I play a protege of Val Kilmer's character, and he kind of gives me a hard time.

  Derek Luke

  Character, Hard Times, Play

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• It is the duty of any president, in the final analysis, to defend this nation and dispel the security threat. Saddam Hussein has brought military action upon himself by refusing for 12 years to comply with the mandates of the United Nations. The brave and capable men and women of our armed forces and those who are with us will quickly, I know, remove him once and for all as a threat to his neighbors, to the world, and to his own people, and I support their doing so.

  John F. Kerry

  Military, Men, Years

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• If the Zionist commit the folly and attack Iran, they will receive a crushing response from the Islamic Republic's armed forces which will lead to their annihilation.

  Mohsen Rezaee

  Crush, Islamic, Israel

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• The seizure of power by armed force, the settlement of the issue by war, is the central task and the highest form of revolution. This Marxist-Leninist principle of revolution holds well universally, for China and for all other countries.

  Mao Zedong

  Country, Peace, War

  Mao Zedong (2017). “Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (The Little Red Book) & Other Works”, p.37, Lulu.com

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• The United States Central Command of the Armed Forces has asked Geraldo Rivera to leave Iraq. It should also be noted that the only three other people that the U.S. military has asked to leave Iraq are Saddam Hussein and his two sons.

  Jon Stewart

  Military, Son, Two

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• "For 46 years, we were engaged in a worldwide battle against communism". "During that time, there were countless heroes, who served in our nation's Armed Forces and played a critical role in America's triumph. These men and women, who sacrificed so much for so many, deserve to be awarded the Cold War Service Medal in recognized of their faithful service to their country and tireless defense of freedom around the world."

  Mary Landrieu

  Country, War, Hero

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• POLICE, n. An armed force for protection and participation.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Police, Protection, Force

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.184, University of Georgia Press

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• Venezuelans have a deep democratic conviction. If the government hotheads ventured out to stir violence they would encounter the armed forces. I don't believe the armed forces respond to a political party.

  Henrique Capriles Radonski

  Party, Believe, Government

  "Hugo Chávez rival pledges seismic shift in foreign policy" by Jonathan Watts, Virginia Lopez, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2012.

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• You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers.

  Benjamin Walker

  Volunteer, Force, Knows

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• The stage has been reached where our armed forces should withdraw beyond the borders It's not the end. It's the start of a new era.

  Abdullah Ocalan

  Borders, Eras, Ends

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• Our nation needs the BRAC process. No institution can remain successful if it does not adapt to its constantly changing environment. Our armed forces must adapt to changing global threats, evolving technology and new strategies and structures.

  Anthony Principi

  Successful, Technology, Changing Environment

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