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Military Quotes
"In two years, there were 22 military coups d'etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d'etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path."
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"Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated."
42
"So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime."
42
"The military wants a system that protects its policies and privileges."
28
"I was selected to be an astronaut on a military program called the Manned Orbiting Laboratory back in '67. That program got cancelled in '69 and NASA ended up taking half of us."
20
"Military troops were withdrawn from Chechnya on Dec. 31, 1996."
20
"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."
13
"Washington is like a self-sealing tank on a military aircraft. When a bullet passes through, it closes up."
13
"I'm an entertainer in the military-entertainment complex."
12
"My trophy value exceeded my military usefulness."
11
"JAG is an acronym for the Judge Advocate General, which is the judicial system of the military."
11
"I'm convinced my cockroaches have military training, I set off a roach bomb - they diffused it."
11
"I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention."
10
"The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers."
10
"It is a major sin to break a contract, especially in military situations."
10
"The American soldier is quick in adapting himself to a new mode of living. Outfits which have been here only three days have dug vast networks of ditches three feet deep in the bare brown earth. They have rigged up a light here and there with a storage battery."
10
"The troops were occasionally occupied in pursuing scattered bands going north or south, and on three occasions the large camp of Sitting Bull ventured south of the Canadian border, and important expeditions were sent against them."
9
"We have the Troops to Teachers program, which encourages retired military individuals to go into teaching."
9
"I felt a little uncomfortable because, when I went in to the military, I was the main male vocalist they had and when I came out they had like two or three vocalists. Otis came in when I was in the military, too."
8
"Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs."
8
"We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater."
8
"We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence."
8
"A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand."
7
"And most of these pilots were lost during the first five flights."
7
"They must therefore not spoil Alexander's undertaking, especially when they were almost at the close of their toils, and were, moreover, no longer in any difficulty about provisions on their coasting cruise."
7
"Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general."
7
"We must maintain strong defenses, military and spiritual."
7
"I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores."
7
"The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off."
7
"Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime."
6
"The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars."
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