Military Quotes - Page 26

• The idea of achieving security through national armament is, at the present state of military technique, a disastrous illusion.

  Albert Einstein

  Ideas, Technique, Illusion

  Albert Einstein (2010). “Ideas And Opinions”, p.159, Broadway Books

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• We have to have armies! We have to have military power! We have to have police forces, whether it's police in a great city or police in an international scale to keep those madmen from taking over the world and robbing the world of its liberties.

  Billy Graham

  Army, Power, Cities

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• If you mean by "military victory" an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I don't believe that is possible.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Running, Country, War

  "Kissinger: Victory in Iraq No Longer Possible". BBC interview, edition.cnn.com. November 19, 2006.

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• Military mythology has to pretend that real men are in the majority; cowards can never be allowed to feel that they might be the normal ones and the heroes are insane.

  Germaine Greer

  Real, Hero, Men

  "Daddy, We Hardly Knew You". Book by Germaine Greer, 1989.

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• When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup.

  Thomas Sowell

  Country, Media, May

  "Don’t Get Weak" by Thomas Sowell, www.nationalreview.com. May 1, 2007.

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• Anarchists generally make use if the word "State" to mean all the collection of institutions, political, legislative, judicial, military, financial, etc., by means of which management of their own affairs, the guidance of their personal conduct, and the care of ensuring their own safety are taken from the people and confided to certain individuals, and these, whether by usurpation or delegation, are invested with the right to make laws over and for all, and to constrain the public to respect them, making use of the collective force of the community to this end.

  Errico Malatesta

  Taken, Mean, Law

  "Anarchy". Pamphlet by Errico Malatesta, www.marxists.org. 1891.

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• Whenever you have a possibility of going in two ways, either for peace or for war, for peaceful methods of for military methods, in the present age there is a strong prejudice for the peaceful ones. War seldom ever leads to good results.

  George F. Kennan

  Strong, War, Two

  "George Kennan Speaks Out About Iraq". historynewsnetwork.org. August 08, 2005.

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• The economy - once a great scatter of small productive units in autonomous balance, has become dominated by two or three hundred giant corporations, administratively and politically interrelated... The political order, once a decentralized set of several dozen states with a weak spinal cord, has become a centralized executive establishment which has taken up into itself many powers previously scattered... The military order, once a slim establishment in a context of distrust fed by state militia, has become the largest and most expensive feature of government.

  C. Wright Mills

  Taken, Government, Order

  "The Power Elite". Book by C. Wright Mills, 1956.

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• The anthology meets with two different kinds of reactions in living poets. They will either write toward the anthology or away from it. Anti-anthology poets often overreach themselves, inflicting protective distortions on their work - as parents in old Central Europe often deliberately maimed their sons to save them from compulsory military service.

  Laura Riding

  Writing, Son, Europe

  "A Pamphlet Against Anthologies". Book by Laura Riding, 1928.

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• It is only after mature deliberation and thorough preparation that I have decided upon the Program of Revolution and defined the procedure of the revolution in three stages. The first is the period of military government; the second, the period of political tutelage; and the third, the period of constitutional government.

  Sun Yat-sen

  Government, Political, Preparation

  "The Three Phases of National Reconstruction". Essay by Sun Yat-sen, 1918.

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• I don't want to go into space because of war. I think we would if it was triggered. If China said they want to put military bases on Mars, we'd be at Mars in two years. That would be quick. I don't want that to be the reason.

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  War, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Great military leaders have to sacrifice soldiers; great captains of industry have to sacrifice people. You can't only look after the poor, and the weak, and the disabled. You've got to do what's best for the community, and that often means sacrificing innocent people.

  David Nasaw

  Mean, Sacrifice, People

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• There's nobody bigger or better at the military than I am.

  Donald Trump

  Bigger

  "Donald Trump running for President". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. June 16, 2015.

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• I don't think America should be the policeman of the world, but we have to be engaged and we have to be a leader, and that comes from strong economic growth, a strong military, good diplomatic efforts, and integrating our business community. I just think it's a whole new paradigm.

  John Kasich

  Strong, Thinking, America

  Source: time.com

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• War is indefensible on every grounds, military and economic and diplomatic and also on moral.

  Eugene McCarthy

  War, Moral, Economic

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• After one month with a saxophone shoved in my mouth, my military combatant's enthusiasm disappeared completely. Instead of flying choppers behind enemy lines, I started to fantasise about living in New York, London or Paris.

  Gilad Atzmon

  New York, Creativity, Paris

  Gilad Atzmon (2011). “The Wandering Who?: A Study of Jewish Identity Politics”, p.3, John Hunt Publishing

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• China's limited military power is for the sake of preserving national sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity.

  Li Zhaoxing

  Integrity, Sake, China

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• What a jolly thing military surveillance is!

  Belle Boyd

  Surveillance, Jolly

  Belle Boyd (1865). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.382

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• We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.

  Jerry Bruckheimer

  Strong, Needs, Protect

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• Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire; or, out of God's blessing into the warm sun.

  Miguel de Cervantes

  War, Blessing, Fire

  "El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha (The Ingenious Nobleman Sir Quixote of La Mancha)". Book by Miguel de Cervantes (Part I, Book III, Chapter 4), 1612.

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• It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his personal services to the defence of it, and consequently that the Citizens of America (with a few legal and official exceptions) from 18 to 50 Years of Age should be borne on the Militia Rolls, provided with uniform Arms, and so far accustomed to the use of them, that the Total strength of the Country might be called forth at a Short Notice on any very interesting Emergency.

  George Washington

  Country, Years, Short Notice

  "Sentiments on a Peace Establishment". Letter to Alexander Hamilton on May 02, 1783. "The Writings of George Washington", edited by John C. Fitzpatrick, Volume 26, p. 289, 1938.

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• To ensure prosperity here at home and peace abroad, we all share the belief we have to maintain the strongest military on the planet.

  Barack Obama

  Home, America, Belief

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• There is no military solution to the war in Iraq. Our troops can help suppress the violence, but they cannot solve its root causes. And all the troops in the world won't be able to force Shia, Sunni, and Kurd to sit down at a table, resolve their differences, and forge a lasting peace. In fact, adding more troops will only push this political settlement further and further into the future, as it tells the Iraqis that no matter how much of a mess they make, the American military will always be there to clean it up.

  Barack Obama

  War, Roots, Iraq

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• This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Strong, Powerful

  Democratic National Convention Presidential Nomination Acceptance, delivered 28 August 2008, INVESCO Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

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• I might have arguments with the size of Reagan's military buildup, but given the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, staying ahead of the Soviets militarily seemed a sensible thing to do. Pride in our country, respect for our armed services, a healthy appreciation for the dangers beyond our borders, an insistence that there was no easy equivalence between East and West--in all this I had no quarrel with Reagan. And when the Berlin Wall came tumbling down, I had to give the old man his due, even if I never gave him my vote.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Appreciation, Wall

  Barack Obama (2007). “The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream”, p.289, Canongate Books

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