2,366 Quotes About Military

  • Author Lois McMaster Bujold
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    Any communitys arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil by it. To do only the necessary and no more. To constantly question the assumptions, to stop the slide into atrocity.

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  • Author Marsha Blackburn
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    Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.

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  • Author Martin Van Buren
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    The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season.

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  • Author Medea Benjamin
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    We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.

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  • Author Michelle Bachelet
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    There's full consensus in the military that women shouldn't be in person-to-person combat. I don't know if we have enough experience to know whether this is the right approach. But women can be elsewhere. We have mandatory military service in Chile. I pushed for women in all areas.

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