Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho MarxI know not with what weapons World War III will be fought but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert EinsteinMilitary intelligence is a contradiction in terms.
Groucho MarxHistory is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Ambrose BierceThe great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.
Winston ChurchillFirearms are second only to the Constitution in importance, they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George WashingtonA world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Margaret ThatcherA young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living. Today's military rejects include tomorrow's hard-core unemployed.
John F. KennedyDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak and esteem to all.
George WashingtonYou don't have to be straight to be in the military, you just have to be able to shoot straight.
Barry GoldwaterHe who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
Albert EinsteinNever give a sword to a man who can't dance.
ConfuciusIn the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chains.
Dwight D. EisenhowerA piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.
George S. PattonI will insist on a military so powerful no one would ever think of challenging it.
Mitt RomneyI can make more generals but horses cost money.
Abraham LincolnHistory shows that there are no invincible armies.
Joseph StalinI am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war.
Albert EinsteinTo delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
George SantayanaNo matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.
Winston ChurchillWealth, religion, military, victory, have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.
George SantayanaThe power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
Winston ChurchillNon-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
Mahatma GandhiOnce the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
H. G. WellsI believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
Thomas JeffersonWe're in greater danger today than we were the day after Pearl Harbor. Our military is absolutely incapable of defending this country.
Ronald ReaganOver grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
George WashingtonMost of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
Paulo CoelhoThere is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest, but also the best interests of the world.
Hillary ClintonThe spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.
Thomas JeffersonThe very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
George WashingtonAll the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest, with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge in a trial of a thousand years.
Abraham LincolnThe nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.
Hillary ClintonLike the old soldier of the ballad I now close my military career and just fade away an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see that duty. Goodbye.
Douglas MacArthurWhen we assumed the Soldier we did not lay aside the Citizen.
George Washington'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.
Hillary ClintonThe Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.
Winston ChurchillNothing can be more hurtful to the service than the neglect of discipline, for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
George WashingtonFor good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power, and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.
Winston ChurchillI would sincerely regret, and which never shall happen whilst I am in office, a military guard around the President.
Andrew JacksonThe basic problems facing the world today are not susceptible to a military solution.
John F. KennedyWhen you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else who's willing to take on that responsibility.
Colin PowellSo long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform we will serve you as well as you've served us - because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head or the care that they need when they come home.
Barack Obama