2,366 Quotes About Military

In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine.

...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division.

War is too important to be left to the generals

In no other type of warfare does the advantage lie so heavily with the aggressor.

They fought together as brothers in armsThey died together and now they sleep side by sideTo them we have a solemn obligationThe obligation to ensure that their sacrifice will helpTo make this a better and safer world in which to live.

When the child asks, "What is it like to go to war?" To remain silent keeps you from coming home.

It is a cliché, and a bad one, that generals try to “fight the last war” – that is, do what worked the last time out. That does not give them enough credit. Rather they tend to fight the war they would like to fight or the one they expected to fight. But neither of those responses is usually sufficient. The foremost task of a general is to understand the nature of the war he or she faces – which often turns out to be a third way, neither the one preferred nor the one expected.

Courage is nothing but the necessity of action when a comrade is in trouble. To not act is cowardice, the opposite of the requirement to save ones brothers.

It's easy after a disaster to dwell on the experience, to spend too much time with your mind stuck on it, and to let it defeat you.