Military Quotes

"To forgive the terrorists is up to God, but to send them to him is up to me." "Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles" "Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all." "Extreme ownership" "The lessons of the past have shown us that military adventures can lead to human tragedies on a vast scale." "We do not have a system for the finding and publishing of terrorists' weapons, we have an enemy's weapons collection system." "No battle plan survives contact with the enemy." "Cover and move" "History has shown there are no invincible armies. " "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace" "Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids" "A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon." "The sinews of war are infinite money." "In battle, use both the direct and indirect methods to your advantage." "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." "Brevity is the soul of command" "The first duty of the sovereign, that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies, can be performed only by means of a military force" "Since it is impossible to eliminate wars the most important thing is to disarm them" "I shall return" "Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be"