Military Quotes - Page 20

• There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

  Gloria Swanson

  Father, World

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• I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find it by reducing the great military establishments, and diminishing the money paid to fighting men in time of peace.

  Richard Cobden

  Fall, Home, Fighting

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• It is not in the interest of the German people or in the interest of world peace that Germany should become a pawn or a partner in a military struggle for power between the East and the West.

  James F. Byrnes

  Struggle, People, Germany

  James F. Byrnes (1947). “Speaking Frankl.y”

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• You know, in the WikiLeaks cables, the Chinese discovered that Kevin Rudd was urging the Americans to keep the military option open against them. This is hardly a friendly gesture.

  Paul Keating

  Chinese, Friendly, Wikileaks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.

  Ed Case

  Support, Homosexual, Policy

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• America stood at the summit of power, emerging from the Cold War as an economic, cultural and military force without equal.

  Lincoln Chafee

  War, America, Cold

  Lincoln Chafee (2010). “Against the Tide: How a Compliant Congress Empowered a Reckless President”, p.9, Macmillan

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• We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have a catastrophic terrorist attack, it is the military that is going to have to go in at the request of civilian authorities.

  Paul Cellucci

  America, Looks, Want

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• The weather records of the U.S.A. are the best kept and most accessible in the world, thanks to consistent government/military taxpayer support. There are longer European data sets, but the U.S.A. data is enough to forecast major extreme events.

  Piers Corbyn

  Data, Weather, Government

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• I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67 and that program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us...

  Robert Crippen

  Half, Astronaut, Nasa

  "STS-1 25th Anniversary Interview with Bob Crippen". Interview with George Diller, www.nasa.gov. April 12, 2006.

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• My husband's family is military. Preparation is just, from that family perspective, it's just a part of what makes sense to do. You buy insurance for your house; you have a go bag.

  Sarah Wayne Callies

  Husband, Perspective, House

  "Q&A – Sarah Wayne Callies (Lori Grimes)". Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. November 2010.

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• The military code of justice sets out exactly what type of charges are available for specific acts.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Justice, Type, Code

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• Everybody in the military has a reputation, and usually it doesn't come out to the public.

  Wesley Clark

  Reputation

  "60 minutes" with Dan Rather, www.cbsnews.com. November 19, 2003.

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• What I learned in the military is that gossip starts early and it stays forever.

  Wesley Clark

  Gossip, Forever

  "60 minutes" with Dan Rather, www.cbsnews.com. November 19, 2003.

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• Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.

  Oleg Deripaska

  Strong, Army, Training

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• At the beginning, Lincoln was so inexperienced he had reverence for military expertise, not realizing that there wasn't any military expertise, that the most anybody had commanded up to that point had been somebody, some troops in the Mexican War, and it had been years ago.

  David Herbert Donald

  War, Years, Mexican

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• I submit that those who run the American military at the top, and those whose boots are on the ground and who run the machinery and equipment, are sending a signal: You asked us to do something. Give us some time and we will solve the problems and we will do it.

  Pete Domenici

  Running, Giving, Boots

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• My mother gave me a push. If I hadn't had her, maybe I wouldn't have had the push. If I hadn't gone to military school, maybe I wouldn't have decided to get with the program. Maybe I'd be running a bulldozer, rather than going on and doing something more.

  Sam Donaldson

  Mother, Running, School

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• My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.

  Sam Donaldson

  Mother, School, Age

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• But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years.

  Bulent Ecevit

  Country, Years, Building Up

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• The administration has a disturbing pattern of behavior when it comes to budgeting not only for the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan but also for military requirements not directly related to these conflicts.

  Russ Feingold

  Iraq, Administration, Budgeting

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• The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important.

  Tommy Franks

  Mom, Country, Growing Up

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• If you look at history, there seems to be a regular pattern: the country with the most powerful military also happens to be the one with the world trade currency. That gives them an enormous economic advantage, which causes goods to flow into their country.

  David Graeber

  Country, Powerful, Giving

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• Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.

  Mahmoud Abbas

  Israel, Cities, Citizens

  Transcript of Mahmoud Abbas Speech to the UN General Assembly, www.haaretz.com. September 23, 2011.

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• But as far as being an American and loving this country and getting a chance to travel across it every day and meeting people on the road and folks in the military, I love this country on so many different levels.

  Dierks Bentley

  Country, People, Different

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• My dad and grandpa were in the army and as a country singer you're constantly playing at military bases all across the country and meeting soldiers and their families and hearing their stories.

  Dierks Bentley

  Country, Dad, Army

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