Military Quotes

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  On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

  Dan Lipinski

  Veterans Day, Home, Army

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  There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

  Colin Powell

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight.

  George S. Patton

  Motivational, War, Fighting

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  People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

  Richard Grenier

  Strength, Wisdom, Veterans Day

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  I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Gun, New World Order, Insidious

  Douglas MacArthur's speech to the Texas Legislature in Austin (June 13, 1951) as quoted in "General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964" edited by Edward T. Imparato (p. 175), June 14, 2000.

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  The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

  Calvin Coolidge

  Army, Navy, Forget

  Duff Gilfond, Calvin Coolidge (1932). “The Rise of Saint Calvin: Merry Sidelights on the Career of Mr. Coolidge”

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• The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Country, Memorial Day

  "The Czar's Soliloquy". Essay by Mark Twain, first published in The North American Review, No. DLXXX (p. 324), March 1905.

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• Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Army, Warfare, Weapons

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• Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Pride, Men, Soldier

  Woodrow Wilson (1918). “State Papers and Addresses”

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• The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

  William Westmoreland

  Peace, Fear, War

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When placed in command, take charge.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

  "Leadership". Book by David M. Atkinson, p. 42, 2007.

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• They say "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink." In the Marine Corps, you can make that horse wish to hell he had.

  Fred Larson

  Horse, Drinking, Marine

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• Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Leadership, Art, Business

  Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1960). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954”, p.477, Best Books on

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• A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Memorial Day, Freedom

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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• The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

  Norman Schwarzkopf

  Motivational Sports, Peace, War

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

  Thucydides

  Inspirational, Life, Positive

  Thucydides, Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1960). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Peace, War, Eye

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2013). “Abraham Lincoln's Wit & Wisdom”, p.64, Courier Corporation

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• A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons.

  David Dixon Porter

  Marine, Buttons, Usmc

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• He, who is not prepared today, will be less so tomorrow.

  Ovid

  Today, Tomorrow, Prepared

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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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• Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.

  F. E. Adcock

  War, Army, Winning

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• ...an imperfect plan implemented immediately and violently will always succeed better than a perfect plan.

  George S. Patton

  Perfect, Succeed, Plans

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  I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

  Alexander the Great

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• To dare, and again dare, and forever dare!

  Georges Danton

  Forever, Dare

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