Quotes of: Military-service Keyword

All governments in all wars have used all the means at their disposal to put their own motives, decisions and actions, and the actions of their military forces, in the best possible light.

Bruce Jackson

Only those who are ideologically opposed to military programs think of the defense budget as the first and best place to get resources for social welfare needs.

Herman Kahn

Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources.

Martin Van Creveld

Moving into an unoccupied village when there's no opposition, I don't call that a military victory.

Norman Schwarzkopf

The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq.

Peter DeFazio

In the military, as in any organization, giving the order might be the easiest part. Execution is the real game.

Russel Honore

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

Samantha Power

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

Sun Tzu

Years at sea probably explains why I'm single. But every person in the military makes sacrifices.

Sarah West

I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.

Silvio Berlusconi

Egypt is the second-largest recipient over a long period of U.S. military and economic aid. Israel is first.

Noam Chomsky

The American claim that the bombing of North Vietnam was directed against military targets does not withstand direct investigation.

Noam Chomsky

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

Carolyn Murphy

Each family of the United States military now attends to their loved ones funeral with a wrenching worry that it will be met possibly with a protest or a demonstration.

Steve Buyer

In the military, they give medals for people who are willing to sacrifice themselves so that others may survive. In business, we give bonuses to people who sacrifice others.

Simon Sinek

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

Rene Cassin

All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that he will have his chance to do just that.

Alex Morrison

I love working out. It's my release. I've done it since I've been in the military.

Robert Irvine

From secrecy and deception in high places, come home, America. From military spending so wasteful that it weakens our nation, come home, America.

George McGovern

Developments in information technology and globalised media mean that the most powerful military in the history of the world can lose a war, not on the battlefield of dust and blood, but on the battlefield of world opinion.

Timothy Garton Ash

Military leaders aren't made. They are born. To be a good leader, you have to have something in your character to cause people to follow you.

Jimmy Johnson