Military Force Quotes - Page 3

• North Carolina, particularly the 8th District, has long played a key role in our Nation's military forces.

  Robin Hayes

  Military, Keys, Long

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• The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The only thing worse would be Iran being a nuclear power.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Military, Iran, Would Be

  Rudy Giuliani's speech at the MSNBC's Republican first presidential candidates debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California, www.nytimes.com. May 3, 2007.

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• If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.

  Dick Cheney

  Military, Believe, Thinking

  "Cheney: Saddam Wants Nuclear Weapons", www.foxnews.com. September 9, 2002.

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• I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General.

  Smedley Butler

  Country, Military, Marine

  "War Is a Racket". Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book "War Is a Racket", www.businessinsider.com. 1935.

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• The world dominion of western thought, forms of organisation, technology and military force is not God-given, nor eternal, nor greatly appreciated by the rest of the world.

  James Buchan

  Military, Technology, World

  "The last great heresy" by James Buchan, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2002.

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• It is not in our hands to prevent the murder of workers… and families… but it is in our hands to fix a high price for our blood, so high that the Arab community and the Arab military forces will not be willing to pay it.

  Moshe Dayan

  Military, Blood, Hands

  "Warrior: An Autobiography". Book by Ariel Sharon and David Chanoff, 1989.

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• The peace and joy of the Christmas season was marred by a proclamation of a general strike of all the military forces of the world. Panic reigns in the hearts of all the patriots of every persuasion. Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all-time low over the world.

  Isaac Asimov

  Peace, Fear, Military

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• Ronald Reagan was able to accomplish extraordinary purposes for our country without having to put our military forces into conflict.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Military, Purpose

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• 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.

  Katherine Dunn

  Military, Soldier, Terrorist Groups

  "Just as Fierce". www.motherjones.com. November/December 1994.

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• I believe that there is a greater power in the world than the evil power of military force, of nuclear bombs -- there is the power of good, of morality, of humanitarianism.

  Linus Pauling

  Military, Believe, Evil

  Linus Pauling, Barbara Marinacci (1995). “Linus Pauling in His Own Words: Selections From His Writings, Speeches and Interviews”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• [A] military force was collected in Europe, formidable by their arms and numbers, if the generals had understood the science of command, and the soldiers the duty of obedience.

  Edward Gibbon

  Military, Numbers, Europe

  Edward Gibbon, William Smith (1857). “The Student's Gibbon: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.252

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• There is no question in my mind that if we summon our resources, both our leadership resources and all of the tools at our disposal, not just military force, which should be used as a last resort, but our diplomacy, our development aid, law enforcement, sharing of intelligence in a much more open and cooperative way. We can bring people together, but it cannot be an American fight.

  Hillary Clinton

  Military, Law, People

  "Paris Attacks: Hillary Clinton Grilled About ISIS at CBS Debate" by Tina Daunt, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 14, 2015.

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• We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers.

  Otto Schily

  Military, War, Soldier

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• It would seem to be the case that pressure on Iran to acquire nuclear weapons is almost totally driven by their need for a deterrent capability to avoid the fate of Iraq, Libya. The use of American military force in Syria thus sends exactly the opposite message as supposedly desired to the leadership in Tehran - and to others. North Korea has been dealt with diplomatically because it has the bomb and might use it if provoked.

  Richard A. Falk

  Military, Fate, Iran

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• America has the strongest, best-trained, best-led military force in the world, and we have failed them. Our military today is struggling in virtually every category that measures preparedness.

  John McCain

  Military, Struggle, America

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• The problem is that Iran has been identified as a dangerous enemy, and the longer the media forwards that proposition - and the media is guilty, just as it was in the Iraq war - then the easier it becomes for Americans to accept that we might just have to resort to military force to remove any Iranian threat.

  Hooman Majd

  Military, War, Media

  "Interview with Hooman Majd: US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

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• Germany is too big to sit on the sidelines on world issues. Military force is not the ultima ratio it used to be, but it can be used, with care.

  Frank-Walter Steinmeier

  Military, World Issues, Germany

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• Some members, like Britain and France, are ready, willing and able to take action in Libya or Mali. Others are uncomfortable with the use of military force. Let's welcome that diversity, instead of trying to snuff it out.

  David Cameron

  Military, Diversity, Trying

  "The speech that was the start of the end of David Cameron". David Cameron's speech on a "Britain in a reformed Europe" at Bloomsberg's London headquarters, www.independent.co.uk. January 2013.

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• We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm.

  Colin Powell

  Military, Talking, Iraq

  Source: www.theguardian.com

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• As a soldier and combat veteran, I believe American military forces should only be used in the defense and furtherance of our nation's vital interests.

  Joni Ernst

  Military, Believe, Soldier

  Source: hotair.com

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• The demands of leadership have changed. The highest levels if leadership require mastery of a new task: job creation. Traditional leadership through politics, military force, religion, or personal values won't work in the future like it has in the past.

  Jim Clifton

  Leadership, Jobs, Military

  Jim Clifton (2013). “The Coming Jobs War”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• And after September the 11th, the United States Congress also granted me additional authority to use military force against al Qaeda. . . .

  George W. Bush

  Military, United States, Use

  "Senators Want to Know Bush Wiretap Authority", www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2005.

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• We should be more modest in our belief that we can impose democracy on a country through military force.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Military, Historical

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

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• I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.

  Robert Kagan

  Military, Believe, Thinking

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• Nine years ago on September 14, 2001, I placed the lone vote against the 'Authorization for Use of Military Force' - an authorization that I knew would provide a blank check to wage war anywhere, at any time, and for any length.

  Barbara Lee

  Military, War, Years

  "Afghanistan War Review Conclusions Misguided" by Barbara Lee, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 16, 2010.

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