Military Power Quotes

• Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Witty, Funny Inspirational, Business

  "The Military Quotation Book" by James Charlton, (p. 93), 2002.

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• Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

  Mao Zedong

  Military, Gun, Chinese Revolution

  Speech at sixth plenary session of Central Committee, Communist Party, Yan'an, China, 6 Nov. 1938

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• Military power serves the cause of security by making prohibitive the cost of any aggressive attack. It serves the cause of peace by holding up a shield behind which the patient constructive work of peace can go on.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Peace, Military, Cost

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• Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

  George C. Marshall

  Spiritual, Military, War

  "A Toolbox for Humanity: More Than 9000 Years of Thought". Book by Lloyd Albert Johnson, 2004.

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• An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

  Winston Churchill

  Nature, Educational, Humorous

  Reader's Digest, December 1954.

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• For 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 Churchill

  Military, Army, Air

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• Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

  Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

  Peace, Military, War

  Epitoma Rei Militaris bk. 3, prologue See Aristotle 4

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• Backs dialogue for solving disputes and not military power and threats.

  Amr Moussa

  Military, Disputes, Threat

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• I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

  Leon Panetta

  Military, Thinking, United States

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, www.cbsnews.com. January 8, 2012.

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• Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

  Winston Churchill

  Life, Inspiring, Graduation

  Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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• The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Farewell, Nwo, Acquisition

  Farewell radio and television address to the American people, 17 Jan. 1961

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• Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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• In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Military, Farewell, Responsibility

  Farewell radio and television address to the American people, 17 Jan. 1961

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• In war, numbers alone confer no advantage. Do not advance relying on sheer military power.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Military, War

  Sun Tzu, Shang Yang (1997). “The Art of War”, p.41, Wordsworth Editions

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• Be an example to your men, in your duty and in private life. Never spare yourself, and let the troops see that you don't in your endurance of fatigue and privation. Always be tactful and well-mannered and teach your subordinates to do the same. Avoid excessive sharpness or harshness of voice, which usually indicates the man who has shortcomings of his own to hide.

  Erwin Rommel

  Military, Men, Voice

  "Quotations for Martial Artists: Hundreds of Inspirational Quotes to Motivate and Enlighten the Modern Warrior". Book by John Moore, p. 46, 2003.

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• If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global air power, the future looks good.

  Curtis LeMay

  Military, Air, Looks

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• Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

  Winston Churchill

  Memorial Day, Military, War

  Speech in House of Commons, 20 Aug. 1940

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• Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

  Winston Churchill

  Being Strong, Encouraging, Courage

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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• I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Wisdom

  Albert Einstein (2003). “Einstein's 1912 manuscript on the special theory of relativity”, George Braziller

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• Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

  Winston Churchill

  Being Strong, Veterans Day, Stay Strong

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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• America must always be the world's paramount military power. But we can magnify our power through alliances.

  John F. Kerry

  Military, America, Alliances

  "Kerry Outlines Plan for Foreign Policy Based on Cooperation" by Maria Newman, www.nytimes.com. May 27, 2004.

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• In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Military, Farewell, Government

  Farewell radio and television address to the American people, 17 Jan. 1961

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• Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom and independence.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Air, Independence

  Winston S. Churchill (2013). “Arms and the Covenant”, p.54, RosettaBooks

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• My solution to the problem would be to tell [the North Vietnamese Communists] frankly that they've got to draw in their horns and stop their aggression or we're going to bomb them into the Stone Age. And we would shove them back into the Stone Age with Air power or Naval power - not with ground forces.

  Curtis LeMay

  Military, Age, Vietnam

  "Mission With LeMay: My Story". Book by Curtis E LeMay and MacKinlay Kantor, p. 565, 1965.

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• Know the enemy and know yourself.

  Sun Tzu

  Fear, Military, War

  The Art of War ch. 3 (translation by Yuan Shibang)

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