Military Quotes - Page 39

• I think we need to ask serious questions about how we engage militarily, when we engage militarily, and on what basis we engage militarily. What kind of intelligence do we have to justify a military engagement?

  Albert Wynn

  Thinking, Serious, Needs

  "Politicians Regret, Reflect On Iraq War Vote". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. December 16, 2011.

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• We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to those who serve or have served in our countrys military, as well as to the families of those individuals. Whether protecting our freedoms in foreign fields or making contributions here at home, the value these men and women bring to the American workforce and our way of life is beyond measure.

  Sylvia Mathews Burwell

  Gratitude, Home, Men

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• The left, of course, will say Carson doesn't believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn't believe in fighting stupid wars. And - and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars.

  Benjamin Carson

  Stupid, War, Believe

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• If I was trying to destroy this country, what I would do is find a way to drive wedges between all the people, drive the debt to an unsustainable level, and then step off the stage as a world leader and let our enemies increase while we decreased our capacity as a military person. And that's what [Hillary Clinton] doing.

  Benjamin Carson

  Country, People, Leader

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• In the minds of many Western politicians, military interventions and air strikes appear to have become legitimate policy tools since the NATO attacks on Yugoslavia during the 1990s. That's how they intend to bring everyone into line who don't share the Western view of democratization of society and the liberalization of the economy. But there is no future for that kind of globalization.

  Vladimir Yakunin

  Air, Views, Yugoslavia

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• What we have to stop and think about is that we have weakened ourselves militarily to such an extent that if affects all of our military policies.

  Benjamin Carson

  Thinking, Policy, Ifs

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama's not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don't get the military right, nothing else is going to work.

  Benjamin Carson

  Israel, Allies, Able

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• The first thing we need to do to make America stronger is to strengthen our military.

  Chris Christie

  America, Stronger, Needs

  "The Aug. 6 GOP debate". Annotated transcript: The Aug. 6 GOP debate, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• Our country is in serious trouble. We don't win anymore.We don't beat China in trade. We don't beat Japan, with their millions and millions of cars coming into this country, in trade. We can't beat Mexico, at the border or in trade.We can't do anything right. Our military has to be strengthened. Our vets have to be taken care of. We have to end Obamacare, and we have to make our country great again, and I will do that.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Taken, Winning

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Even limited military actions end up carrying with them great costs and unintended consequences.

  Barack Obama

  Cost, Action, Ends

  Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. August 10, 2015.

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• The best pay off in the world is when someone comes up to you and says, 'your music has helped me with some pretty rough times through life. I don't know if I would still be here if it was for your music whether it be country music or heavy metal has done for me.' That's ultimately the biggest payoff for me. I hear it from young kids to military guys and military women to older folks.

  Hank Williams III

  Country, Kids, Guy

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• War on terror is far less of a military operation and far more of an intelligence-gathering, law-enforcement operation.

  John F. Kerry

  War, Intelligence Gathering, Law

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I think it's OK to talk about your military service, but there's a fine line between, you know, too much and just about right.

  Bob Dole

  Thinking, Lines, Too Much

  "FOX News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. May 2, 2004.

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• What really happened in Vietnam was- all these things are away games for the American military. We're not on our home turf, which means to succeed there has to be a partner. And the definition of partnership is someone willing to risk their lives in their home area to prevail because they think it's necessary to build a decent life and a better life for their people.

  William J. Clinton

  Home, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Computers had their origin in military cryptography-in a sense, every computer game represents the commandeering of a military code-breaking apparatus for purposes of human expression.

  Austin Grossman

  Inspirational, Motivational, Expression

  Austin Grossman (2013). “You”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• Any time in America when the military has to stand in opposition of their own citizenry, something is wrong.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  America, Opposition, Citizenry

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• I did mega-training with ex-military men. I'd be in the gym for two hours after a 12-hour day on Spooks, and it was so hardcore I'd throw up. I stuffed myself with food and drank protein shakes to bulk up. I used to be a dancer, but I had to strap my weak ankles every day and strengthen my wrists so I could hold a machine gun. My body just wasn't up to it.

  Richard Armitage

  Men, Gun, Two

  "Richard Armitage: 'I was a beanpole with a nose I hadn't grown into'". Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 30, 2010.

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• Peace through strength works. We've got the greatest military in the world. I want them to dominate any potential conflict.

  Bobby Jindal

  World, Want, Conflict

  "Bobby Jindal opens up about his 2016 presidential run". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 3, 2015.

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• The military is not a social experiment. The purpose of the military is kill people and break things. It's not to transform the culture by trying out some ideas that some people think would make us a different country and more diverse. The purpose is to protect America.

  Mike Huckabee

  Country, Thinking, Ideas

  Mike Huckabee at GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, time.com. August 7, 2015.

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• During the first campaign, one of my jobs as my husband's spouse was to travel around the country and really listen to women. There were voices that were new to me: the voices of military spouses, many of them women, and veterans.... I was overwhelmed by their challenges, and the notion that we as a country don't even know that these women exist, because we live in a country where one percent of the population protects the rights and freedoms of the other 99 percent of us. I thought that if I had the opportunity to serve as First Lady, I was going to use this platform to be their voice.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Jobs, Husband

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I put my heart and soul everyday into showing my appreciation for the incredible sacrifices of the US Military heroes by using my freedom and rights, that they provided and safeguarded at such sacrifice, to the best of my ability fighting the enemies at home.

  Ted Nugent

  Appreciation, Hero, Home

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• I would hope that wherever I go I bring good news - that's what that word means, right? It began with the first followers of Jesus taking a Roman military propaganda term and co-opting it for their own subversive purposes, insisting that the world isn't made better through coercive military violence but through sacrificial love. How great is that!? Unfortunately this word has been hijacked in several years for other purposes but no worries, we're taking it back.

  Rob Bell

  Jesus, Mean, Years

  Source: missionaryrenegade2013.blogspot.com

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• The military is a meritocracy. It's an up or out. It's shaped like a pyramid.

  Tanya Biank

  Pyramids, Meritocracy

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The military tends to be a traditional place. Traditional culture, traditional men are often attracted to serving in the military.

  Tanya Biank

  Men, Culture, Traditional

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• I can't tell you how many couples I know where the husband and the wife are both in the military and have deployed together, and they've got kids, and so I think times have changed and gender roles have blurred when it comes to the military.

  Tanya Biank

  Husband, Couple, Kids

  Source: www.glamour.com

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