Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Groucho MarxHistory is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Ambrose BierceFirearms 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 GoldwaterNever 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 StalinTo delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.
George SantayanaWealth, religion, military, victory, have more rhetorical than efficacious worth.
George SantayanaOnce 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 ReaganI call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
Ronald ReaganMost of my young years were spent under the boots of the military.
Paulo CoelhoA nation that continues, year after year, to spend more money on military defense, than on programs of social uplift, is approaching spiritual doom.
Martin Luther King, Jr.The 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 WashingtonLike 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 MacArthurMy other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert then joined the army. The first time he saluted he killed himself.
Henny YoungmanWhen we assumed the Soldier we did not lay aside the Citizen.
George WashingtonWe will strengthen our security by building missile defense, restoring our military might and standing by and strengthening our intelligence officers.
Mitt RomneyNothing 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 WashingtonI 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 while I will never minimize the costs involved in military action, I am convinced that a failure to act in Libya would have carried a far greater price for America.
Barack ObamaSo 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