Military Quotes - Page 28

• When there's a status quo, usually what shakes everybody up is some sort of military confrontation, at which point we all come running and screaming to pick up the pieces.

  Abdallah II

  Running, Pieces, Status Quo

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• In 1913 many believed that there would never again be a war in Europe. The great powers of the continent were so closely intertwined economically that the view was widespread that they could no longer afford to have military confrontations.

  Jean-Claude Juncker

  War, Views, Europe

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• The military might of a country represents its national strength. Only when it builds up its military might in every way can it develop into a thriving country.

  Kim Jong-un

  Country, Might, Way

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I had grown up during Vietnam. I had no connections to the U.S. military, and I had a pretty cynical default opinion about the U.S. military.

  Sebastian Junger

  Cynical, Connections, Vietnam

  "A Few Good Men". Interview with Adam Weinstein, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2010.

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• No one will remember that President Obama supported the Arab Spring if it eventually fails and the region collapses back into the political Dark Ages. If we actively engage these movements with advice, with money, and, when necessary, with military force, then we get a vote in how it all turns out.

  Sebastian Junger

  Spring, Dark, Political

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• There's a really classic cliche every time you switch the TV on - you see cops arguing. I have spent a day a week for many years in the presence of police and I have never seen them argue. It's a military hierarchy. They do what they're told. There's no bickering.

  Peter James

  Years, Police, Hierarchy

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• There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.

  Hari Kunzru

  Thinking, Fiction, Kind

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• Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.

  Kamisese Mara

  Two, Fiji, Ordeals

  Report to President Ganilau, May 15, 1992.

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• The technical genius which could find answers was not cooped up in military or civilian bureaucracy, but was to be found in universities and in the people at large.

  Henry H. Arnold

  Science, People, Genius

  "The Wind and Beyond: Theodore von Karman, Pioneer in Aviation and Pathfinder in Science". Book by Theodore von Karman, p. 268, 1967.

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• Along the borders to Ethiopia and Somalia, anarchy reigns, the police and military have retreated quite some distance.

  Richard Leakey

  Distance, Police, Borders

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• Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them.

  Jack Kingston

  College, Class, Everyday

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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

  Believe, Thinking, Luxury

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• My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness.

  Lord Mountbatten

  Trophies, Usefulness, Values

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The fact is that a car used by Gerry Adams and myself during the course of the Mitchell review was bugged by elements within British military intelligence.

  Martin McGuinness

  Car, Facts, Elements

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• What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected to serve. Those priorities include ensuring medicare is sustainable, support for the military, and tax and justice systems that work.

  Peter MacKay

  Government, People, Justice

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• If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.

  Rachel Maddow

  America, Maintaining, Financial

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• Military preparedness is absolutely a form of strength.

  Rachel Maddow

  Preparedness, Form

  "'Drift': Rachel Maddow On Why We Go To War". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. May 7, 2012.

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• To survive in a lot of male-dominated situations - the police, the military, what have you - you put on a bit of the crass, blowhard thing, because you just can't survive being the nice guy in those environments.

  Dean Norris

  Nice, Guy, Police

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 2.2 billion worth of military equipment had been stripped from U.S. Forces in West Germany and America and shipped to Israel in an unprecedented day and night airlift.

  George Scratchley Brown

  Night, Israel, West Germany

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• Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.

  Kevin Powers

  Spiritual, Taken, Risk

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• I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against the United States.

  Barbara Lee

  United States, Action, Terrorism

  Statement in Opposition to H.J. Res. 64, delivered 14 September 2001

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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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• 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

  War, Years, Nine

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

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• I have always had a particular antagonism for the military.

  Donna Leon

  Antagonism, Particular

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• I'm pretty actively involved with the military because I think they're incredible human beings. If I can give back to them for what they're doing for us, it's a good thing. And I think to have happy soldiers, you need to feed them well.

  Emeril Lagasse

  Thinking, Giving, Soldier

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