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Military Quotes


"We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater."


"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."


"We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence."


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


"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."


"Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime."


"The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars."


"Promoting a record on a major label is like running a minor military campaign."


"Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return."


"It is considered a major sin to break a contract, if you agreed, especially with military situations."



"Military organization, like religious organization, can be seen as a paradigm of organization in general."


"I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border."


"Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries."


"We must maintain strong defenses, military and spiritual."


"Dead battles, like dead generals, hold the military mind in their dead grip."


"The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off."


"From the ship all things were taken out, so that the clothes which I took with me on my back I only had."


"We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers."


"Being the commander of a Ruminarii war vessel meant that he had risen to the rank by means of assassination and ruthlessness and was therefore implicitly distrusted by the Tidhii Mah'k'hai (Naval Command, that is The Queen Of Suth Herself.) He was expected to mete out, in generous portions, brutality to conquered subjects and to act swiftly and mercilessly in dealing with alien encounters. In short, he was expected to be a bad example."


"If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them."


"Blinker Hall, operating on the quaint theory that the Navy might be needed for battle and that whatever increased the ship's efficiency was a criterion for change, had continued trampling on the toes of orthodoxy."
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